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Life  and  Services 


OF 


Colonel  James  J.  Healy 


A  Former  Member  of 

Company  G,    132nd  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry 
Company  C,  32nd  United  States  Infantry 
Company  C,  21st  United  States  Infantry 

ADC  First  Brigade  Illinois  National  Guard 
Artillery    Battalion  Illinois  National  Guard 
Second  Infantry  Illinois  National  Guard 


And  for  Thirty  Years 
Deputy  Clerk  of  the 
Superior  Court  of 
Cook  County,  IlHnois. 


BY 

C.  C.  Bowsfield 

Chicago,   1913. 


DEACCESSIONED  BY 
rHlCAGO  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 
"^  PRINTED  COLLECTIONS 


Colonel  James  J.  Healy 


The  Well  Balanced  Mind 


If  you  can  keep  your  head  when  all  about  you 

Are  losing  theirs  and  blaming  it  on  you; 
If  you  can  trust  yourself  when  all  men  doubt  you. 

But  make  allowance  for  their  doubting  too; 
If  you  can  wait  and  not  be  tired  by  waiting, 

Or  being  lied  about  don't  deal  in  lies, 
Or  being  hated  don't  give  way  to  hating, 

And  yet  don't  look  too  good,  nor  talk  too  wise; 

If  you  can  dream — and  not  make  dreams  your  master; 

If  you  can  think — and  not  make  thoughts  your  aim. 
If  you  can  meet  with  Triumph  and  Disaster 

And  treat  those  two  imposters  just  the  same. 
If  you  can  bear  to  hear  the  truth  you've  spoken 

Twisted  by  knaves  to  make  a  trap  for  fools, 
Or  watch  the  things  you  gave  your  life  to,  broken, 

And  stoop  and  build  'em  up  with  worn-out  tools; 

If  you  can  make  one  heap  of  all  your  winnings 

And  risk  it  on  one  turn  of  pitch-and-toss, 
And  lose,  and  start  again  at  your  beginnings 

And  never  breathe  a  word  about  your  loss; 
If  you  can  force  your  heart  and  nerve  and  sinew 

To  serve  your  turn  long  after  they  are  gone. 
And  so  hold  on  when  there  is  nothing  in  you 

Except  the  Will  which  says  to  them:     "Hold  on!" 

If  you  can  talk  with  crowds  and  keep  your  virtue. 
Or  walk  with  Kings — nor  lose  the  common  touch, 

If  neither  foes  nor  loving  friends  can  hurt  you. 
If  all  men  count  with  you,  but  none  too   much; 

If  you  can  fill  the  unforgiving  minute 

With  sixty  seconds'  worth  of  distance  run, 
And — which  is  more — you'll  be  a  Man,  my  son! 

Yours  is  the  Earth  and  everything  that's  in  it, 


Life  and  Character 

OF 

Colonel  James  J.  Healy 

THE  world  places  a  premium  on  character.  It  admires 
true  manhood.  There  is  no  permanent  adoration  for 
riches,  but  the  public  tribute  to  manliness  is  ever- 
lasting. 

Character  is  something  more  than  ability.  It  is  deeper 
than  genius  and  broader  and  better  than  learning.  Con- 
sequently it  is  the  foundation  of  those  things  which  give 
stability  to  human  society. 

It  is  a  fine  blending  of  all  the  better  attributes  and 
accomplishments  of  the  mind.  It  is  that  harmonious  devel- 
opment of  manhood  which  makes  one  reliable,  capable, 
courteous  and  gentle.  Without  these  qualities  there  is  no 
enduring  success.  No  attainment  is  worth  while  unless  it 
enlarges  a  person's  capacity  for  usefulness,  and  there  can 
be  no  real  efficiency  either  in  public  or  private  life  unless 
it  is  based  on  a  broad  appreciation  of  human  rights  and 
needs.  To  develop  nobility  of  character  it  is  necessary 
to  view  human  society  with  sympathetic  interest  and  fit 
one's  life  for  useful  service,  discarding  and  excluding  the 
spirit  of  self-aggrandizement. 

Great  wealth  brings  to  a  man  or  woman  an  insincere 
adulation   which   in   itself   is   an   insult,   for   it   is   a   tribute 


10  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

neither  to  the  ability  nor  the  moral  worth  of  the  individual. 
Then  again  a  genius  may  gain  notoriety  or  even  admiration, 
but  this  is  apt  to  be  transitory.  Successful  achievement  in 
business  is  gratifying,  but  it  is  more  likely  to  stimulate 
envy  than  love.  It  is  only  that  combination  of  talent  and 
Christian  principles  which  gives  poise  and  balance  and 
efficiency  that  will  permanently  hold  the  world's  regard. 
This  sort  of  character  makes  life  complete  and  joyous, 
and  is  our  highest  attainment.  It  is  the  top  round  of  the 
ladder — the  pinnacle  of  success. 

In  a  wide  acquaintanceship  with  public  men  I  have 
known  few  who  possessed  in  a  pre-eminent  degree  those 
excellent  traits  of  character  which  distinguish  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  Colonel  James  J.  Healy,  of  Chicago.  Colonel 
Healy  has  had  an  eventful  career  and  in  every  avenue  of 
life  has  shown  a  fidelity  to  duty  and  to  his  friends  which 
has  won  for  him  a  lasting  place  in  the  affections  of  the 
thousands  who  know  him.  It  is  with  a  view  to  placing  in 
the  hands  of  his  relatives  and  intimate  friends,  as  well  as 
his  old  comrades  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  an 
appreciative  sketch  of  his  character  and  life  work  that  I 
have  issued  this  little  volume. 

James  J.  Healy  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  March  6, 
1846.  His  life  since  early  boyhood,  however,  or,  at  least, 
that  portion  of  it  not  spent  in  the  active  service  of  his 
country,  has  been  passed  in  Chicago.  His  early  educational 
training  was  received  at  the  public  schools  of  this  city,  after 
completing  a  course  in  which  he  studied  at  the  University 
of  Notre  Dame,  in  Indiana,  and  at  St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake, 
Chicago,  leaving  this  institution  to  enter  the  army  during 
the  Civil  War. 


12  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

DESCENDANT  OF  IRISH  STOCK. 

As  his  name  would  indicate,  Colonel  Healy  descended 
from  good  old  Irish  stock.  County  Kerry  in  Ireland  has 
contributed  of  its  numerous  Healy  stock  to  all  sections 
of  Christendom  and  of  its  branches  are  men  engaged  in 
every  occupation  from  the  humblest  to  the  highest,  but  to 
the  Kerry  man  that  which  most  appeals  to  his  nature  is  the 
calling  which,  to  the  greatest  degree,  satisfies  his  instinct 
for  aggressiveness.  This  comes  to  him  naturally  by  reason 
of  the  stock  having  been  reared  in  a  section,  the  physical 
nature  of  which  compelled  the  utmost  activity.  Kerry, 
with  its  combination  of  mountain,  sea  and  plain,  has  sent 
its  large  quota  of  sons  to  the  army,  the  navy,  arts,  sciences 
and  every  known  line  of  honorable  endeavor  to  which  a 
sturdy,  alert  people  are  attracted.  The  inborn  instinct  of 
the  man  of  Kerry  stock  leads  him  ever  forward.  He  has  done 
his  own  battling  from  the  time  of  the  tribe  of  Ciarraidhe, 
which  inhabited  the  territory  lying  between  Tralee  and 
the  Shannon.  He  has  been  a  fighter  for  his  rights  since 
the  invasion  of  the  Danes  in  the  ninth  and  tenth  centuries, 
when  these  maritime  trespassers  received  their  punishment 
and  were  overthrown  at  the  battle  of  Clontarf  in  1014. 
So,  when  a  Kerry  man  has  gone  forth  into  the  world  to 
make  his  way,  he  has  in  his  mental  and  physical  being  the 
attributes  which  assure  a  due  measure  of  success.  He  has 
the  faculty  of  adapting  himself  to  any  and  all  conditions. 
The  struggles  of  the  Kerry  men,  as  indeed  the  Irishmen 
of  other  counties  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  have  engendered 
within  him  a  note  of  sympathy  and  a  tone  of  friendship. 
These  qualities  always  have  been  a  support  to  the  buoyant 
spirit  of  him  who  has  come  from  the  stock  of  the  Kerry  men. 
Colonel   lames   J.  Healv  descended  from   Kerry  stock, 


BIOGRAPHY   OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY.  13 

and  has  inherited  a  share  of  the  Kerry  man's  attributes. 
He  went  directly  from  his  desk  in  school  to  the  wars, 
and  from  that  moment  on  May  19,  1864,  when  he  tossed 
aside  his  books  at  the  school  of  St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake, 
Chicago,  and  joined  Company  G,  132nd  Illinois  Volunteer 
Infantry,  until  he  was  honorably  retired  at  his  own  request 
from  the  service  of  the  Illinois  National  Guard,  December 
2,  1907,  he  maintained  an  unceasing  interest  in  military  as 
well  as  civil  affairs. 

BIOGRAPHY  OF  THE  HEALY  FAMILY. 

Colonel  Healy's  parents,  John  and  Ellen  O'Brien  Healy, 
were  born  in  the  town  of  Kellorglin,  County  Kerry,  Ireland, 
and  came  to  America  with  their  family  in  1846.  John 
Healy  on  his  arrival  in  Chicago  became  connected  with 
the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  Railroad  in  process  of  con- 
struction at  that  time,  and  continued  in  its  service  until 
after  its  completion  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  Dakota  county,  Minnesota,  six  miles  from 
St.  Paul  and  three  from  Mendota,  on  the  Dodd  road.  He 
died  December  15,  1865,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Peter's 
Cemetery,  Mendota,  Minn.,  across  the  Mississippi  River 
from  Fort  Snelling.  His  wife  died  later  at  Boone,  Iowa, 
and  was  buried  in  Calvary  Cemetery  in  that  town,  leaving 
the  following  named  children : 

Timothy  J.  Healy,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland,  A. 
D.  1837;  died  in  Chicago,  III,  July  13th,  1897;  buried  in 
Calvary  Cemetery,  Chicago.  Profession,  locomotive  en- 
gineer. Two  sons  survive  him,  Thomas  J.  Healy,  president 
of  the  Southwest  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  and  John  V. 
Healv. 

William  Healy,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland,   1839; 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  J.  HEALY, 
Company   I,  Twenty-third   Illinois   Volunteer   Infantry. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Mrs.  Ellen  M,  Healy,  widow  of  Captain  John  J.  Healy. 
Resides  in  Chicago. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


DANIEL  D.  HEALY. 
Assistant  Engineer  Mississippi  Squadron,  Gunboat  Essex,  U.  S.  A. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALT.  17 

died  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  February  9th,  1904.  Military 
record:  Corporal  Company  "F,"  First  Minnesota  Mountain 
Rangers.  Two  years'  service  fighting  the  Sioux  Indians 
under  Little  Crow  during  the  Sioux  War  and  Minnesota 
massacres  of  1862  and  1863.  Ex-Governor  Henry  H.  Sibley, 
of  Mendota,  was  commissioned  Colonel  by  Governor 
Ramsey  to  command  the  expedition  which  fought  the  battles 
of  Birch  Coolie  and  Wood  Lake,  Minnesota,  September  2nd 
and  3rd,  1862;  Fort  Ridgely,  St.  Peter  and  Mankato  later 
on.  Profession,  locomotive  engineer.  Buried  in  Calvary 
Cemetery,  Chicago,  111.  A  son  and  daughter  survive  him, 
William  J.  and  Julia  Healy. 

Thomas  J.  Healy,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland,  1841. 
Killed  by  lightning  in  his  lumber  yard  ofifice  July  3rd,  1868. 
Buried  in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Chicago,  111.  Profession,  book- 
keeper. 

Capt.  John  T-  Healy,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland, 
July  3rd,  1843.  Died  in  Chicago  May  8th',  1910.  Buried  in 
Calvary  Cemetery,  Chicago.  He  held  the  elective  ofifice  of 
Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  for  nine  years  and  for  six 
years  was  Clerk  of  the  Appellate  Court.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  superintendent  of  Postal  Station  "M," 
Chicago.  Army  record:  First  Lieutenant  Company  "I," 
Twenty-third  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  having  seen  nearly 
four  years'  active  service  during  the  Rebellion,  participating 
in  the  numerous  battles  of  his  regiment.  His  wife,  Ellen 
M.  Healy,  survives  him. 

Daniel  D.  Healy,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland, 
February  11th.  1845.  Died  in  Chicago,"  March  3rd,  1910; 
buried  in  Calvary  Cemetery.  Military  record :  Assistant 
Engineer,  Mississippi  Squadron,  Gunboat  Essex,  U.  S.  A. 
Business:  Engineer,  was  elected  President  of  the  Board 
of  Cook   County   Commissioners ;  he   had  been   appointed 


William  Healy,  at  upper  left  side;  was  engineer  on  Rock  Island 
Railroad.     Thomas  J.   Healy,  at  upper  right  side;  was  book- 
keeper  for   lumber   firm   of    Cone   &     O'Brien,    Chicago. 
Michael  J.  Healy  and  wife,  at  bottom  of  group;  Mr. 
Healy  was  engineer  on  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad, 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


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Morgan  M.  Healy,  Clerk  in  Recorder's  Office,  Cook  Co.,  111. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Sullivan,  late  residence,  Clinton,  Iowa. 


lilOGRAPHT  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  21 

Comptroller  before  election  as  president  of  the  Board.  His 
wife  and  four  children  survive  him,  Daniel  M.  Healy,  attor- 
ney-at-law;  Walter  C.  Healy,  Mrs.  John  H.  O'Neil,  and 
Mrs.  Wm.  Lorimer,  Jr. 

The  next  son  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  James 
J.  Healy,  who,  as  stated,  was  born  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  March 
6th,  1846.  He  was  married  in  1871,  and  his  wife  died  in 
1884.  He  has  one  son,  John  Healy.  Military  record  of 
James  J.  Healy:  Private,  Company  "G,"  132nd  Illinois 
V^olunteer  Infantry  ;  First  Sergeant.  Company  "C,"  32nd  and 
21st  United  States  Infantry.  Mustered  out  at  Camp  Verde, 
Ariz.,  Oct.  9th,  1869.  First  Lieutenant  and  A.  D.  C.  First 
Brigade  Illinois  National  Guard.  Major  and  Inspector  First 
Brigade  I.  N.  G.  Captain  and  Adjutant,  Artillery  Battal- 
■  lion  I.  N.  G.,  Major  Colonel  Quinton's  Provisional  Regi- 
ment in  war  with  Spain,  1898.  June  6th,  1901,  elected 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  Second  Inf.  I.  N.  G.  Re-elected  and 
commissioned  June  1st,  1906.  Voluntarily  retiring,  and  upon 
his  own  request  December  9th,  1907,  placed  on  the  retired 
roster,  Special  order  No.  125.  A.  D.  C.  and  Chief-of-Stafif 
Dept.  of  111.  G.  A.  R.  1890  and  1891,  1911  and  1912. 

Michael  J.  Healy  was  born  in  Geneseo,  111.,  in  1848, 
and  died  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  August  3rd,  1909.  Cause  of 
death:  Accidental  locomctive  collision  on  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railroad.  He  was  for  thirty  years  connected  with 
the  road  as  a  passenger  engineer.  Buried  in  Calvary  Cem- 
etery, St.  Louis,  Mo.  Survived  by  a  widow  and  two  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  A.  J.  Fitzsimmons  and  Miss  Gertrude  Healy  of 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Morgan  M  Healy.  boin  in  Chillicothe.  111..  November 
19th.  1850,  and  died  in  Chi.:ago,  October  29th.  1902.  Buried 
in  Calvary  Cemetery,  Chicago.  Profession:   Clerk. 

Ellen  M.  Sullivan,  a  sister  of  Colonel  Healy,  was  born 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


M.  W.  O'BRIEN 
Former  President  People's  Bank  of  Detroit,  Mich. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 


Right    Rev.    Father    Edward    S.    Sorin,    Founder    of    Notre    Dame 

University,  Indiana,  and  President  for  Many  Years.     James 

J.  Healy  attended  this  institution  in  1859-60. 


24  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

in  Pond  Creek,  111.,  October  21st,  1852.  Died  at  Clinton, 
Iowa,  April  24th,  1901.  Buried  at  Boone,  Iowa.  Survived 
by  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  Hubert  and  Walter,  Mrs. 
McCarthy  and  Josephine  Sullivan,  all  of  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Two  half-brothers,  Frank  and  Charles  Fitzgerald,  are  dead. 
M.  W.  O'Brien,  an  uncle,  born  in  County  Kerry,  Ire- 
land, September  26th,  1830,  and  came  to  America  in  1852, 
accompanied  by  two  nephews,  Timothy  and  John  Healy. 
Mr.  O'Brien  was  stricken  with  apoplexy  and  died  at  his 
residence,  523  Jefferson  avenue,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Jan.  6th, 
1912.  Was  President  of  the  People's  State  Bank,  and 
prominent  in  business  circles  and  as  a  philanthropist. 

WOUNDED  IN  FIGHT  WITH  APACHES. 

In  his  five  years'  experience  as  a  soldier  Colonel 
Healy  escaped  serious  injury.  His  most  perilous  ad- 
venture was  in  Arizona  in  connection  with  the  Indian 
troubles.  In  a  fight  near  the  celebrated  Grief  Hill  he 
received  a  wound  from  an  arrow  shot  by  an  Apache 
from  ambush.  Sergeant  Healy  received  this  wound  one 
day  in  1869  when  in  command  of  a  detail  escorting 
a  supply  train  of  twelve  wagons  from  Camp  Ft.  Lowell, 
at  Tucson,  to  Camp  Verde.  Sergeant  Healy  saved  his 
men,  but  lost  the  train  of  supplies.  The  misfortune  was 
due  to  an  accident,  one  of  the  wagons  having  broken  down 
in  a  section  of  country  so  rough  that  the  twelve  teams 
could  not  be  kept  in  sight  of  one  another.  While  an  effort 
was  being  made  to  distribute  the  provisions  carried  by  the 
broken  vehicle  to  the  others  a  party  of  Apaches  stole  up 
and  shot  their  arrows  from  a  clump  of  trees,  wounding 
the  Sergeant  in  the  right  leg.  He  had  not  been  unmindful 
of  this   danger,  but  as  the  train  of  wagons  could   not  be 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  25 

kept  in  compact  order  through  that  region  of  hills  and 
gulches  it  was  impossible  to  avoid  all  risk,  especially  when 
the  breaking  down  of  one  of  the  vehicles  separated  the 
train  to  an  unusual  extent.  The  Indians  were  numerous 
enough  so  that  while  one  party  fought  the  few  soldiers 
the  others  drove  the  wagons  off  into  the  mountains.  He 
had  other  fighting  of  the  kind,  but  never  was  seriously 
wounded. 

Arizona  has  ever  been  a  land  of  adventure  and  the 
spirit  of  the  wild  frontier  got  into  the  blood  of  the  young 
soldier  and  his  companions.  Colonel  Healy  saw  the  terri- 
tory in  its  wildest  and  came  to  appreciate  its  grand  scenery 
as  well  as  its  agricultural  and  mining  possibilities.  A  sol- 
dier's work  was  hard  in  those  days,  not  merely  on  account 
of  the  Indians,  but  owing  to  the  difficulties  of  travel,  the 
scarcity  of  water  and  other  natural  disadvantages.  Although 
Colonel  Healy  left  the  territory  after  three  years'  service, 
he  has  ever  viewed  its  progress  with  interest  and  pleasure. 

A  little  more  of  his  earliest  military  experience  is  neces- 
sary here  to  give  this  sketch  historical  value.  He  gave  up 
his  studies  at  St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake,  and  joined  the  army 
at  the  earliest  age  permissible  under  the  law.  He  enlisted 
in  Company  G,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second 
Illinois  Infantry  Volunteers,  for  a  term  of  four  months. 
At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  re-enlisted  July  7, 
1866,  in  Company  C  of  the  Thirty-second.  This  company 
was  afterward  consolidated  with  "C"  of  the  Fourteenth  and 
still  later  with  "C"  of  the  Twenty-first  United  States  In- 
fantry, and  Mr.  Healy  continued  in  the  regular  army  until 
Oct.  3,  1869,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Camp 
Verde,  Arizona  Territory,  with  the  rank  of  First  Sergeant. 
His  service  during  the  Civil  War  was  chiefly  confined  to 


26  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

the  States  of  Missouri  and  Kentucky,  following  Rosecrans 
in  the  former  and  General  Price  and  Colonel  Hicks  in  the 
latter,  at  Columbus,  Paducah,  Smithfield  and  Mayfield. 
Subsequent  to  the  close  of  the  Rebellion  the  Thirty-second 
was  ordered  to  the  far  West,  and  here  Mr.  Healy  gained 
experience  as  an  Indian  fighter. 

Mr.  Healy 's  love  for  his  old  comrades  in  arms  did  not 
abate  with  his  discharge  from  active  service.  In  the  coun- 
cils of  the  G.  A.  R.  he  has  taken  a  conspicuous  and  active 
part.  For  two  years  he  was  Senior  Vice-Commander  of 
Ransom  Post  No.  1,  in  the  Department  of  Illinois ;  for 
a  time  a  member  of  Grant  Post  No.  28,  and  in  1891,  Com- 
mander of  America  Post  708,  of  which  he  was  afterwards 
Adjutant.  He  has  been  a  delegate  to  National  Encamp- 
ments at  Denver,  Minneapolis,  Portland  (Me.),  San  Fran- 
cisco, St.  Louis,  Columbus  (Ohio),  Boston,  Milwaukee  and 
Detroit.  He  has  also  served  on  the  staffs  of  Commanders- 
in-Chief  Kountz,  Fairchild,  Rea,  Warner  and  Palmer,  and 
in  1890-91  served  as  chief  to  W.  L.  Diston  and  H.  S.  Clark, 
Department  Commanders  for  the  State  of  Illinois. 

He  has  also  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  Veteran 
Union  League  of  Chicago,  of  which  organization  he  was  for 
four  years  the  President.  He  has  also  been  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Political  Action  of  the  same  body,  under 
whose  auspices  the  famous  "sextette"  of  Union  Generals 
issued  their  famous  protest  against  populism. 

Mr.  Healy's  eminent  fitness  for  military  command  has 
been  recognized  by  both  the  city  of  Chicago  and  the  State 
of  Illinois.  In  1869  he  was  drillmaster  of  the  city's  police 
force;  was  inspector  of  the  First  Brigade,  I.  N.  G.,  serving 
on  the  stafif  of  General  Joseph  T.  Torrence  with  the  rank 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  27 

of  Major;  and  was  for  several  years  Adjutant  of  the  artillery 
battalions,  Illinois  National  Guard. 

In  civil  life  he  has  attained  marked  distinction.  From 
1870  to  1874  he  v^as  connected  v^ith  the  registry  division  of 
the  Chicago  postoffice,  resigning  his  position  to  accept  an 
appointment  as  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  and 
was  Chief  Deputy  for  sixteen  years.  During  a  period  of 
thirty  years  he  discharged  the  arduous  and  exacting  duties 
with  a  courtesy,  fidelity  and  ability  which  have  commanded 
universal  confidence  and  admiration  of  the  judiciary  and 
members  of  the  bar. 

ARDENT  REPUBLICAN  IN  POLITICS. 

In  politics.  Colonel  Healy  is  an  ardent  Republican  and 
has  been  for  many  years  an  energetic  and  successful  worker 
for  the  success  of  his  party.  During  the  campaign  of  1896, 
he  personally  conducted  the  military  features  of  a  railway 
train  in  the  interest  of  the  election  of  President  McKinley 
and  Governor  Tanner,  which  was,  to  say  the  least,  a  novelty 
in  the  way  of  electioneering  methods.  Many  of  the  ex- 
Governors  of  Illinois  were  passengers,  and  the  approach 
of  the  distinguished  party  was  heralded  by  the  discharge 
of  cannon,  one  car  having  been  fitted  up  as  a  sort  of  armory 
with  a  twelve-pound  brass  Napoleon  gun  and  several 
mortars.  When  halts  were  made,  the  orators  spoke  to  the 
gathered  crowds  from  the  car  platform,  but  no  stop  was 
made  for  a  period  exceeding  sixty  minutes.  The  unique 
scheme  originated  in  the  fertile  brain  of  State  Central  Com- 
mittee, executed  by  Mr.  Healy,  who  also  conducted  through 
the  State,  in  the  same  way,  a  "Patriot  Heroes'  Battalion," 


2S  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

his  first  charge  having  been  popularly  known  as  "The 
Governors'  Flying  Squadron." 

He  had  the  immediate  command  of  the  artillery  of  the 
above  train,  being  one  of  the  leading  spirits  and  organ- 
izers in  the  above  new^  method  of  campaign  v^ork.  Mr. 
Healy  was  commissioned  March  10,  1896,  Captain  and 
Adjutant  Artillery  Battalion,  Illinois  National  Guard.  Com- 
missioned July  29,  1899,  Major  in  Colonel  Quinton's  provi- 
sional regiment,  Illinois  Volunteers,  authorized  in  compliance 
with  joint  resolutions  of  the  Forty-first  General  Assembly, 
providing  troops  for  war  with  Spain.  Major  Healy  was  one 
of  the  original  promoters  and  a  member  of  the  General  and 
Executive  Committees  on  Invitation  to  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  to  Chicago  in  1900  after  securing  the  Thirty- 
fourth  National  Encampment,  and  on  the  reorganization  of 
the  Committees  he  was  again  placed  on  the  General  and 
Executive  Committees,  including  Finance,  and  made  Chair- 
man of  the  Badge  Committee. 

Colonel  Healy  was  a  Republican  through  times  when 
it  tried  the  souls  of  men  of  his  nationality  to  be  Repub- 
licans. When  Colonel  Healy  entered  politics  it  required 
not  only  moral,  but  physical  courage.  He  has  always  car- 
ried an  ample  stock  of  both.  His  politics  has  never  been 
a  matter  of  expediency,  but  of  conscience  and  convictions. 
In  the  early  days  when  the  Mike  McDonald  "gang"  was 
supreme  in  Chicago,  and  such  men  as  notorious  "Black 
Jack  Yatta,"  and  other  political  "Jack  workers,"  had  to  be 
met  at  the  polls.  Colonel  Healy  was  always  the  leader  to 
keep  the  firing  lines  of  the  First  Ward  Republicans  un- 
broken. Colonel  Healy 's  battles  and  victories  for  First 
Ward  Republicanism  through  those  stirring  times  would 
afford   much  material   for  a  strenuous  history  of   Chicago 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  29 

politics.  There  is  an  interesting  activity  and  civic  story 
furnished  by  his  eventful  career. 

Colonel  Healy  is  a  member  of  the  following  organi- 
zations : 

George  H.  Thomas  Post  No.  5,  G.  A.  R. ;  Society  Indian 
Wars  of  the  United  State ;  Director  Grand  Army  Hall  and 
Memorial  Association  ;  General  Phil.  H.  Sheridan  Garrison 
No.  31  ;  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United 
States;  Life  Member  Hamilton  Club;  Member  New  Illinois 
Athletic  Club;  Treasurer  The  Illinois  State  Rifle  Associa- 
tion; Member  National  Guard  Officers'  Association  of  the 
State  of  Illinois ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Second  Infantry,  111. 
N.  G. 

GAINS  ARMY  PROMOTIONS. 

Although  Colonel  Healy  has  gained  high  honors,  both 
military  and  civic,  he  never  had  a  prouder  moment  than 
that  when  he  was  promoted  from  private  to  Corporal,  per 
regimental  order  No.  5,  dated  January  14,  1868.  He  was 
next  promoted  from  Corporal  to  Sergeant  September  20, 
1868,  per  order  No.  50,  dated  headquarters  Thirty-second 
Infantry,  September  26,  1868;  appointed  First  Sergeant 
February  26,  1869,  to  date  from  January  1,  1869,  per  order 
No.  2,  Camp  Wallen,  Arizona  Territory,  February  26,  1869. 
This  data  is  taken  from  a  report  compiled  in  the  office  of 
the  Adjutant  General,  War  Department,  Washington,  D. 
C,  May  15,  1901.    The  report  further  says: 

"Company  C,  Thirty-second  U.  S.  Infantry,  and  Com- 
pany C,  Fourteenth  U.  S.  Infantry,  were  consolidated  in 
August,  1869,  and  formed  Company  C,  Twenty-first  U.  S. 
Infantry.  The  muster  roll  of  the  latter  company  for  Septem- 


30  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

ber  and  October,  1869,  shows  the  soldier  discharged  October 
3,  1869,  under  the  provisions  of  general  order  No.  31,  head- 
quarters department  of  California,  at  Camp  Verde,  A.  T.,  as 
First  Sergeant.  He  was  rendered  a  supernumerary  non- 
commissioned officer  by  reason  of  consolidation  of  com- 
panies. (Signed)  John  A.  Johnston,  Assistant  Adjutant 
General." 

MILITARY  RECORD  OF  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  JAMES 
J.  HEALY. 

Enlisted  on  the  19th  day  of  May,  1864,  in  Company  "C,"  132d 
Illinois  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry,  at  Camp  Fry,  Chicago,  Capt. 
Theodore  F.  Barnes,  commanding.  Aged  18  years;  height  5  feet  8 
inches;  hair  dark;  eyes  gray;  complexion  light;  occupation  lumber- 
man; native  Ohio. 

Honorably  mustered  out  Oct.  17,  1864,  at  Camp  Fry,  Chicago, 
by  reason  of  expiration  of  term  of  service.  Re-enlisted  July  7, 
1866  Private  "C"  Company,  32d  United  States  Infantry,  Capt.  and 
Brevet  Major  George  M.  Downey,  commanding.  Served  as  Cor- 
poral Sergeant  and  First  Sergeant  and  in  compliance  with  General 
Orders  No.  31,  Paragraph  8,  dated  Headquarters,  San  Francisco, 
California,  May  12,  1869,  Consolidation  and  Reduction  of  the 
United  States  Army,  he  became  First  Sergeant  of  "C"  Company, 
the  21st  United  States  Infantry,  Capt.  and  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colo- 
nel William  H.  Brown,  commanding,  and  was  honorably  mustered 
out  of  the  United  States  Army  at  Camp  Verde,  Arizona  Terri- 
tory, October  3,  1869,  in  compliance  with  above  order  with  rank 
of  First  Sergeant. 

National  Guard  Record. 

Commissioned  by  Governor  Shelby  S.  Cullom,  First  Lieuten- 
ant and  A.  D.  C.  First  Brigade  Illinois  National  Guard,  March  4, 
1879,  and  Major  an^  Inspector  on  the  staff  of  Brigadier  General 
Joseph  T.  Torrence,  commanding.     Voluntarily  resigning  Feb.  15, 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  31 

1882.  Commissioned  by  Governor  John  P.  Altgeld  Captain  and 
Adjutant  Artillery  Battalion  March  10,  1896.  Retiring  Jan.  4,  1901. 
Elected  Lieutenant-Colonel  Second  Infantry  Illinois  National 
Guard  June  6,  1901,  and  commissioned  by  Governor  Richard  Yates. 
Re-elected  Lieutenant-Colonel  Second  Infantry  Illinois  National 
Guard  June  1,  1906.  Commissioned  by  Governor  Charles  S.  De- 
need.  Voluntarily  resigning  Dec.  2,  1907,  and  on  his  own  request 
Dec.  9,  1907,  placed  on  the  retired  list,  special  order  125,  A.  G.  O. 
Commissioned  Major  in  Colonel  Quinton's  Provisional  Regiment  in 
war  with  Spain,  July  29,  1899,  by  resolution  of  the  Forty-first  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  signed  by  Governor  John  R.  Tanner  and  Secretary 
of  State  John  A.  Rose. 

Grand  Army   of  the   Republic. 

Mustered  into  Ransom  Post  No.  1,  Department  of  Illinois, 
June  9,  1872.  Elected  Senior  Vice  Commander  1873  and  1874. 
Joined  U.  S.  Grant  Post,  No.  28,  Department  of  Illinois,  by  trans- 
fer from  Ransom,  No.  1,  Feb.  21,  1879. 

Charter  member  of  America  Post,  708,  Department  of  Illinois, 
Oct.  24,  1890,  by  transfer  from  Post  28.  Elected  Senior  Vice  Com- 
mander 1890  and  Commander  1891.  Joined  George  H.  Thomas, 
No.  5,  Department  of  Illinois,  by  transfer  Dec.  29,  1903.  Jan.  10, 
1913,  still  a  member  in  good  standing. 

Chief  of  Staff,  Department  of  Illinois. 

1890.  Department  Commander William  L.  Distin 

1891.  Department  Commander Horace  S.  Clark 

1911.  Department  Commander  Christopher  C.  Duffy 

1912.  Department  Commander    Thomas   H.   Gault 

Colonel  Healy  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Veterans  of  Indian  Wars  of  the  United  States,  in  January, 
1906.  This  organization  is  one  of  the  most  exclusive  of  its 
kind  in  military  circles  and  includes  many  soldiers  of  prom- 
inence in  its  membership.  Men  who  saw  service  under  such 
Indian  fighters  as  Crook,  Bingham,  King,  Brooke  and  others, 
are  members  of  the  society. 


32  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

OFFICIAL   RECORD. 

United   States   of  America,    State   of   Illinois. 
Adjutant  General's  Office. 

Springfield,  July  19,   1911. 

It  is  Hereby  Certified,  That  it  appears  from  the  Records  of 
this  Office,  that  James  Healy,  enlisted  on  the  19th  day  of  May,  1864, 
at  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  was  mustered  into  service  of  the  United 
States  as  a  Private  in  Company  G,  132nd  Regiment,  Illinois  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  for  the  period  of  100  days,  on  the  1st  day  of  June, 
1864.  Age,  18;  Height.  5  ft.  8  in.;  Hair,  Dark;  Eyes,  Gray;  Com- 
plexion, Light;  Occupation,  Lumberman;  Native,  Ohio. 

Mustered  out  October  17,  1864.  Camp  Fry,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Re-Enlisted  July  9th,  1866,  G.  Compy.  the  32nd  United  States  In- 
fantry. 

Corporal  Sergeant  and  1st  Sergeant  and  mustered  out  Oct. 
3rd,  1869,  as  1st  Sergeant  of  Compy.  C,  21st  U.  S.  Infantry  at  Camp 
Verde,  Arizona  Territory.  In  compliance  with  Genl.  Order  31 
dated  Headquarters  San  Francisco,  May  12th,  1869,  consolidation 
of  the  U.  S.  Army. 

His  residence  at  date  of  enlistment  is  stated  as  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

This  Certificate  is  issued  at  the  request  of  Colonel  James  J. 
Healy,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

FRANK  S.  DICKSON, 
The  Adjutant  General  of  Illinois. 

Chief  of  Staflf. 

BRIG.-GEN.  F.  S.  DICKSON, 

State  of  Illinois. 

The  Adjutant  General. 

Chief  of  Staf¥. 

It  is  hereby  certified  that  it  appears  from  the  records   of  this 

office,  that 

James  J.   Healy, 

Was  1st  Lieutenant  A.  D.  C.  1st  Brigade,  Illinois  National  Guard, 
March  4,  1879— February  15,  1882;  Major  and  Inspector  1st  Brigade 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  33 

I.  N.  G.    Captain  and  Adjutant,  Artillery  Battalion,  Illinois  National 
Guard,  March  10,  1897— January  4,  1901; 

Lieutenant-Colonel  2nd  Infantry,  Illinois  National  Guard,  June 
6,  1901 — Resigned  December  2,  1907;  on  his  own  request. 

Placed  on   Retired  List   Illinois  National   Guard,   December  9, 
1907.    Special  Orders,  No.  125  A.  G.  O.  dated,  December  9,  1907. 

This   certificate   is  issued   at  the   request   of   Colonel  James  J. 
Healy,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

FRANK  S.  DICKSON, 

The  Adjutant  General, 

Chief  of  Stafif. 


Adjutant  General's  Office, 

State  of  Illinois. 

BRIG.-GEN.  F.  S.  DICKSON, 

The  Adjutant  General. 

Chief  of  Stafif. 

It  is  hereby  certified  that  it  appears  from  the  records  of  this 
office,  that 

James  J.   Healy, 

Was  commissioned  Major,  Quinton's  Provisional  Regiment,  Illinois 
Volunteer  Infantry,  July  29,  1899. 
In  the  war  with  Spain. 

This   certificate   is   issued   at   the   request   of   Colonel  James  J. 
Healy,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

FRANK  S.  DICKSON, 

The  Adjutant  General, 


Chief  of  Stafif. 


34  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

HISTORY  OF  132nd  INFANTRY. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1864  the  government  of  the 
Northwestern  States,  namely,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Iowa,  believing  that  the  Rebellion  was  nearing  its  close, 
and  desiring  to  aid  the  Government  in  every  way  possible, 
tendered  to  the  President  a  volunteer  force  of  85,000  one 
hundred-day  men,  to  relieve  the  veteran  soldiers  from  guard 
duty  at  our  forts,  arsenals  and  elsewhere.  Of  this  number 
Illinois  furnished  thirteen  regiments  and  two  battalions. 

Speaking  of  the  service  performed  by  the  hundred-day 
troops,  Governor  Yates,  in  his  last  annual  message,  paid 
them  a  high  and  deserved  compliment  in  these  words : 

"Our  regiments  under  this  call  performed  indispensable 
and  invaluable  services  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Mis- 
souri, relieving  garrisons  of  veteran  troops  who  were  sent 
to  the  front,  took  part  in  the  Atlanta  campaign,  several 
of  them  also  composing  a  part  of  that  glorious  army  that 
has  penetrated  the  very  vitals  of  the  Rebellion  and  plucked 
some  of  the  brightest  laurels  that  this  heroic  age  has  woven 
for  a  patriotic  soldier.  Five  out  of  the  one  hundred-day 
regiments,  after  their  term  of  service  had  expired,  volun- 
tarily extended  their  engagements  with  the  Government, 
and  marched  to  the  relief  of  the  gallant  and  able  Rosecrans, 
who,  at  the  head  of  an  inadequate  and  poorly  appointed 
army,  was  contending  against  fearful  odds  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  St.  Louis  and  the  safety  of  Missouri.  The  officers 
and  soldiers  of  these  regiments  evinced  the  highest  soldierly 
qualities  and  fully  sustained  the  proud  record  our  veterans 
have  ever  attained  in  the  field,  and  the  State  and  country 
owe  them  a  lasting  gratitude,  and  we  have  in  a  great  degree 
to  attribute  our  success  in  Virginia  and  Georgia  to  the 
timely  organization  and  efficient  services  of  the  one  hundred- 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


35 


day  volunteers  furnished  by  all  of  said  States.  The  Presi- 
dent has,  by  order,  returned  them  the  thanks  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  the  Nation  for  the  service  thus  rendered,  and 
accords  the  full  measure  of  praise  to  them  as  our  supporters 
and  defenders  in  the  rear,  to  which  the  regular  reserve  force 
of  large  armies  are  always  entitled." 


FIELD    AND    STAFF    OF    132D    INFANTRY. 


Name    and    Rank 

Residence. 

Date    of 

rank    or 

enlistment 

Date    of 
muster. 

Remarks. 
Mustered   Out. 

Colonel. 
Thomas  C.   Pickett. 

Moline  .  .  . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17.  1864. 

Lieutenant-Colonel. 
WiUiam  H.  Haskell 

Canton    .  . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

Major. 
John  H.  Peck 

Chicago    . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

Adjutant. 
Daniel  Merriman.  .  . 

Chicago    . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

Quartermaster. 
Hiram  R.   Enoch.  .  . 

Rockford. 

May  4, 

'64 

May  4,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

Surgeon. 
Robert  F.  Baker.  .  . 

Moline   .  .  . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

First  Asst.  Surgeon. 
William   R.   Adair.  . 

Chicago    . 

June  1, 

'64 

June  1,  '64 

Oct.  17,  1864. 

Chaplain. 

June  1, 

'64 

No    record    of 

NON-COMMISSIONED   STAFF. 


Name    and    Rank. 


Date   of 

Rank  or 

enlistment 


Date   of 
muster. 


Remarks. 
Mustered    Out. 


Sergeant  Major. 
George  B.   Randall. 


Q.   M.   Sergeant. 
Burton  W.  Fisher.  . 


Chicago 


Chicago 


May  29,  '64 
May  1,  '64 


June  1,  '64 
June  1,  '64 


Oct.   17,  1864. 
Oct.  17,  1864. 


36  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEAT.Y. 

HISTORY     OF     THE     THIRTY-SECOND     UNITED 
STATES  INFANTRY. 

Organized  by  direction  of  the  President,  May  4th,  1861. 

Organized  May  4th,  1861,  as  the  Third  Battalion  of  the 
Fourteenth  Regiment  of  U.  S.  Infantry  ;  designation  changed 
by  Act  of  Congress,  July  20th,  1866. 

Field  officers :  Col.  Thomas  L.  Crittenden,  Lieut.  Col. 
Frederick  F.  Dent,  Major,  Gurdon  Chapin. 

Engagements  Participated  in  During  the  Civil  War. 

Gaines  Mills,  Va.,  June  27th,  1862. 

Malvern  Hill,  July  1st,  1862. 

Bull  Run,  Va.,  Aug.  30th,  1862. 

Snickers  Gap,  Va.,  Nov.  3rd  and  4th,  1862. 

Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.   13th,  1862. 

Chancellorville,  Va.,  May  3rd  an  4th,   1863. 

Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2d  and  3rd,  1863. 

Wilderness,  Va.,  May  5th,  1864. 

Laurel  Hill,  Va.,  May  8th  and  13th,  1864. 

Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Pa.,  May   14th,   1864. 

North   Anna  River,  Va.,  May  24th,   1864. 

Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  1st  to  3rd,  1864. 

Petersburg,  Va.,  June   18th  to  21st,   1864. 

Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  19th  to  27th,  1864. 

Chapel  Home,  Va.,  October  1st,  1864. 

At  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  the  Thirty-second  In- 
fantry, U.  S.  A.,  was  ordered  into  Arizona  Territory  to 
protect  lives  and  property  and  help  subdue  the  Apache 
Indians.  The  regiment  sailed  from  Governor's  Island,  New 
York  harbor,  on   the   passenger  steamer  "Rising  Star"  in 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  37 

1866.  After  a  voyage  of  eight  days,  landed  at  Aspinwall, 
and  crossed  the  isthmus  by  rail  to  Panama ;  from  Panama 
embarked  on  the  steamer  "Sacramenta"  for  San  Francisco, 
California.  After  twenty  days'  sailing  away  on  the  Pacific 
waters  reached  San  Francisco  and  were  quartered  on  Angel 
Island  in  WALL  TENTS  for  two  months,  then  departed 
by  steamer  to  Wilmington,  California,  and  assigned  to  Drum 
Barracks,  California.  After  the  expiration  of  thirty  days, 
proceeded  in  heavy  marching  order  for  Tuscon,  Arizona 
Territory,  crossing  the  Yuma  and  Mojave  Desert.  On  ar- 
rival at  Tuscon,  the  regiment  was  divided  into  one  and  two 
company  posts  in  the  territory.  Two  companies  at  Camp 
Goodwin,  two  at  Apache  Pass,  two  at  Camp  Grant,  one  at 
Camp  Wallen,  one  at  Camp  Crittenden,  one  at  Camp  Bowie, 
one,  "G"  Co.,  at  Camp  Lowell,  Tuscon,  Arizona  Territory. 

The  Headquarters  of  the  Regiment. 

In  compliance  with  General  orders  No.  31,  paragraph  8, 
dated  Headquarters,  San  Francisco,  May  12th,  1869,  the 
Fourteenth,  Thirty-second  and  Twenty-first  United  States 
Infantry  were  consolidated,  and  Colonel  Healy  was  mus- 
tered out  at  Camp  Verde,  Arizona  Territory,  with  the  rank 
of  First  Sergeant  in  Co.  "C,"  Twenty-first  United  States  In- 
fantry, and  came  back  to  the  States  over  the  LT.  P.  R.  R. 
at  the  time  the  golden  spike  was  driven  at  Ogden.  1869. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  never  missed  a  roll  call 
except  by  the  absence  caused  by  wounds,  or  on  detached 
service  escorting  and  guarding  supply  trains,  otherwise  was 
always  with  his  company  for  duty. 

Reorganized  by  the  consolidation  of  the  Twenty-first 
and  Thirty-second  Regiments  of  Infantry  by  an  Act  of  Con- 
gress approved   March  3rd,   1869. 


38  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Military  Orders. 

Ass't.    Qr.    Mr's.    Office,    Tucson    Depot, 

Tucson,  A.  T,  April  1st,  1869. 
Sergt. 

You  will  proceed  today  with  two  loaded  wagons  and  one  ambu- 
lance with  two  mules.  Two  men  will  accompany  you  from  Camp 
Lowell  besides  the  two  men  who  came  with  you  from  Camp  Wal- 
lon.  The  ambulance  will  be  turned  over  to  Capt.  Moulton  and  the 
mules  and  harness  to  Capt.  Evans  on  your  arrival  at  Crittenden, 
The  two  men  from  Camp  Lowell  will  return  with  the  wagons.  You 
will  not  let  all  the  men  ride  at  once  in  the  ambulance  and  you 
will  keep  on  the  alert  for  Indians. 

Yours, 
Sergt.  Healy,  G.  C.  SMITH,  Capt.  &  Mgr. 

Co.  "C"  32nd  Inf. 

In  Charge  of  Escort. 

Camp  Lowell,  A.  T.,  April  1st,  1869. 
Order  No.  39. 
The   Commanding  Officer  Company  "E"  32  Inft.  will   furnish 
two  men,  fully  armed  and  equipped  with  five  days  Rations  (Includ- 
ing this  day)  to  assist  in  escorting  a  train  to  Camp  Crittenden. 

The  men  will  report  immediately  to  Sergt.  Healy  of  Company 
"C"  32  Inft.  who  has  charge  of  the  escort. 
By  order 
BRT.  LT.  COL.  W.  H.  BROWN, 

Capt.  32  Inft. 

Com.  Post. 

Camp  Verde,  A.  T.,  June  20th,  1869. 
Orders  No.  1. 

I.  In  compliance  with  Special  Order  No.  5.  Head  Quarters 
Disct.  of  Arizona  June  17th,  1869  the  undersigned  hereby  assumes 
command  of  this  Post. 

II.  Existing  Orders  and  Post  Regulations  to  remain  in  force 
until  otherwise  ordered.  gy  order  of 

WM.  McK.  OWEN, 

1st  Lieut.  32nd  Inft. 

Comdg.  Post. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  39 

Camp  Verde,  A.  T.,  June  2Sth,  1869. 
1st.  Sergt.  James  J.  Healy  and  Corporal  Henry  St.  Clair,  Co.  C. 
21st  Inft.  with  3  others  of  Company  L.  8th  Cavalry  will  proceed  in 
pursuit  of  Deserters.  Should  you  meet  with  resistance  in  the 
performance  of  your  duty,  you  are  directed  to  use  all  necessary 
force,  and  make  every  endeavor  to  capture  and  bring  them  back 
to  this  Post,  they  will  be  pursued  as  far  as  the  Colorado  River  if 
necessary. 

Commanding  Ofificers  of  Posts  at  which  the  above  detail  may 
call  are  directed  to  furnish  them  with  rations. 
By  order  of 
BVT.  BRIG.  GENL.  DEVIN, 

A.  B.  WELLS, 
1st  Sergeant,  ^''  ^ieut.  8th  U.  S.  Cav.  A.  A.  A.  G 

-   James  J.  Healy,  C.  Co. 

21st  Inft.  In  Charge  of  Detail. 

Camp  Verde,  A.  T.,  July  8,   1869. 
Orders  No.  3. 
Hereafter  passes  to  the  enlisted  men  of  this  Detacht.  will  be 
presented    to    the    Commandg.    Ofificers    for    Approval    at    Retreat 
each  day. 

Men  wishing  to  receive  passes  will  report  to  the  First  Sergeant 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  see  whether  the  man  is  detailed  for  any 
particular  duty  and  if  not,  he  will  sign  the  pass,  unless  there  be 
something  in  the  man's  conduct  which  renders  him  undeserving 
of  such  indulgence  in  which  case  the  First  Sergeant  will  endorse 
the  facts  and  forward. 

By  order  of 

WM.  McK.  OWEN, 

1st  Lieut.  21st  Infty. 
Commng.  Detchmt.  Co.  C. 


40  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEAI.Y. 

Headquarters,  Camp  Verde,  A.  T.,  July  10,  1869. 
Orders  No.  50. 

I:  In  order  to  complete  as  rapidly  as  possible  the  Post  Hos- 
pital, the  following  named  enlisted  men  of  Detachmt.  Co.  "C"  21st 
U.  S.  Infantry,  are  hereby  detailed  on  Extra  duty  in  the  Q.  M. 
Dept.  as  laborers  and  will  report  to  1st  Lieut.  Wm.  McK.  Owen, 
21st  Inf.  A.  A.  Q.  M.  without  delay: 

George  Wilkins,  Thomas  Williams,  John  J.  Lee,  Napoleon 
Cheverette,  John  Kelly,  Henry  Tobsig,  James  Thompson,  James 
Guy,  Frank  Quinn,  Benedict  Emler,  Friend  Howe. 

II:  Hereafter  Guard  Mounting  will  be  immediately  after  Re- 
treat the  detail  will  consist  as  formerly  of  one  Non-Commissioned 
Officer  and  Six  (6)  Privates,  through  the  Night  one  Sentinel  will 
be  posted  at  the  Guard  House,  and  one  at  the  Corral.  In  the  morn- 
ing and  throughout  the  day  the  Guard  will  take  charge  of  the  Post 
Herd. 

The  Non.  Com.  Officer  in  Command  of  the  Guard  before  he 
takes  out  the  Herd  will  turn  over  for  Fatigue  purposes  any  and  ?11 
prisoners,  for  whose  safe  keeping  he  is  responsible  to  1st  Sergt. 
James  J.  Healy,  Detachmt.  Co.  C.  21st  Inf.  who  will  see  that  they 
(the  prisoners)  are  returned  at  night  to  the  Non.  Com.  Officer  in 
charge  of  the  new  Guard. 

Ill:     Until    further    orders    there    will    be    Target    Practice 
every  Sunday. 

The  call  for  which  will  be  sounded  immediately  after  the 
usual  Inspection  is  finished. 

Recall  one  hour  later. 

By  order  of 

WM.   McK.   OWEN, 

1st  Lieut.  21st  Infty. 

Comdg.    Post. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  41 

ARTILLERY    BATTALION,    ILLINOIS    NATIONAL 
GUARD. 

Colonel  Healy  was  the  first  Adjutant  of  the  Artillery  Bat- 
talion, Illinois  National  Guard.  His  appointment  was  made 
on  the  recommendation  of  Major  Alfred  Russell,  its  first 
commander.  The  commission  was  issued  by  Adjutant 
General  C.  C.  Hilton  on  order  of  Governor  John  P.  Altgeldt. 
The  following  is  the  official  order: 

State  of  Illinois. 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

Springfield,    March    16,    1896. 
(Special  Orders,  No.  43.) 

Upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Battalion  Commander,  the 
following  Staff  appointments  are  hereby  made  and  announced: 

JAMES  J.  HEALY,  to  be  Adjutant,  Artillery  Battalion.  To 
rank  as  Captain,  from  March  10,  1896. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  the  COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, 

C.  C.  HILTON,  Adjutant-General. 
(Capt.  Healy.) 

BECOMES  A  SUMMARY  COURT. 
Illinois  National  Guard. 

Camp    Lincoln,    III.,   July  24,    1903. 
Order    No.    4. — Lieutenant    Colonel    James    J.    Healy,    Second 
Infantry,    Illinois    National    Guard,    is    hereby   appointed    summary 
court    officer,    for    the    trial    of    such    enlisted    men    as    may    be 
brought  before  him.  By  order  of  Colonel  Stuart. 

ARTHUR   D.   REHM,   Post   Adjutant, 
Captain    and    Adjutant    Second    Infantry,    I.    N.    G. 


42  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

ASSUMES    COMMAND    OF    SECOND    INFANTRY,    I.    N.    G. 

Headquarters 

Second    Infantry,    Illinois    National    Guard 

Armory:   Washington   Boulevard  and  Curtis  Street. 
Orders  No.  ..  Chicago,  111.,  July  5th,  1907. 

Col.  James  E.  Stuart  having  been  commissioned  Brigadier 
General  to   rank  from  July  4th,    1907. 

The  undersigned  hereby  assumes  command  of  the  Second 
Infantry,  Illinois  National  Guard,  in  -compliance  with  the  mili- 
tary code  and  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  such  case  made 
and  provided. 

AH  existing  orders  and  armory  regulations  will  remain  in 
force   until    othervi^ise   ordered. 

JAMES  J.   HEALY,   Lieut.   Colonel, 
Commanding  Second   Infantry,   Illinois  National   Guard. 

RETIRES  FROM  NATIONAL  GUARD. 

Col.  Healy  decided  Nov.  15,  1907,  to  retire  from  the 
Illinois  National  guard,  and,  in  accordance  with  that  de- 
cision, forwarded  his  resignation  through  regular  channels. 
The  letter  of  resignation,  sent  to  Thomas  W.  Scott,  adju- 
tant-general, plainly  requested  that  his  name  be  placed  "on 
the  roster  of  retired  ofificers,  in  compliance  with  the  military 
code  and  the  statutes  of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  such  case 
made  and  provided."  In  this  connection  the  following  cor- 
respondence is  self-explanatory : 

Headquarters 

SECOND  INFANTRY,  ILLINOIS  NATIONAL  GUARD 
Armory:  Washington  Boulevard  and  Curtis  Street. 
"Adjutant  General,  Chicago,  Nov.  15,  1907.    . 

"Springfield,  Illinois. 

"Through    Military   Channels. 
"Sir: 

"I  have  the  honor  to  tender  my  resignation  as  an  ofificer  of 
the  National  Guard. 

"Having  served  the  State  honorably,  as  First  Lieutenant  and 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  43 

A.  D.  C,  First  Brigade,  from  March  14,  1879,  to  February  15,  1882. 
"Captain  and  Adjutant,  Artillery  Battalion,  March  10,  1896,  to 
January  4,  1901. 

"Lieutenant  Colonel,  2nd  Infantry,  June  6,  1901;  re-elected  and 
Commissioned  June  1,  1906;  commission  expiring  June  1,  1911. 

"I  do  most  respectfully  request  that  my  name  be  placed  on  the 
roster  of  retired  officers,  in  compliance  with  the  Military  Code  and 
the  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  such  case  made  and  pro- 
vided. Very  respectfully, 

"Your  Obedient  Servant, 

"JAMES  J.  HEALY, 
"Lieutenant  Colonel,   Second  Infantry, 

"Illinois  National  Guard." 

Adjutant  General's  Office, 
State  of   Illinois. 
Special  Orders.  Springfield,  December  2,  1907. 


No.  122. 


Extract. 


The   resignation   of   Lieutenant    Colonel   James   J.    Healy,   2nd 
Infantry  is  hereby  accepted. 

He  ceases  to  be  an  officer  of  the  Illinois  Nat\'onal  Guard  from 
this  date. 

By  order  of  the  Commander  in  Chief. 

(Signed)     THOS.  W.  SCOTT, 

Adjutant  General. 

Col.  Healy  did  not  find  it  satisfactory  to  accept  the 
terms  of  the  adjutant-general's  letter  and  forthwith  an- 
swered as  follows : 

Headquarters 

SECOND  INFANTRY,  ILLINOIS  NATIONAL  GUARD 

Armory:  Washington  Boulevard  and  Curtis  Street. 

Chicago,  December  6th,  1907. 
Adjutant  General, 

Springfield,  Illinois. 
Sir: 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknovi^ledge  receipt  of  special  order  No. 


44  BIOGRArHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

122,  bearing  date  December  2nd,  1907,  accepting  my  resignation. 
On  tendering  my  resignation,  I  requested  to  be  placed  on  the 
retired  list  and  furnished  my  National  Guard  Record  in  compliance 
with  the  Military  and  Naval  Code  of  Illinois  Article  8  Section  65, 
viz:  "Any  commissioned  ofificer  who  shall  have  served  for  the 
period  of  ten  years  may,  upon  his  own  request,  be  placed  upon  the 
retired  list  and  withdrawn  from  active  service  and  command,  and 
the  vacancy  thereby  created  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as 
other   vacancies." 

"I  note  in  the  acceptance  of  my  resignation  instead  of  placing 
my  name  on  the  retired  roster,  you  add  'He  ceases  to  be  an  officer 
of  the  Illinois  National  Guard  from  this  date,  which  is  by  order  of 
the  Commander  in  Chief." 

If  not  considered  presumptions  on  my  part,  will  you  kindly  ad- 
vise me  in  this  matter. 

I  am  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY. 
Late  Lieut.  Colonel  2nd  Inf.  I.  N.  G. 
The  protest  by  Col.  Healy  brought  at  once  the  following 
satisfactory  reply : 

Adjutant  General's  Office. 
State   of   Illinois. 

Springfield,  December  9,  1907. 


Special  Orders. 
No.  125. 


(Extract.) 


Upon  his  own  request  and  in  conformity  with  section  1,  article 
10,  Military  and  Naval  code.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Healy,  late  of  the 
Second  Infantry,  is  hereby  placed  on  the  retired  list. 
By  order  of  the   Commander  in   Chief, 

(Signed)     THOS.  W.  SCOTT, 

Adjutant  General. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  45 

STATE  ENCAMPMENTS. 

Colonel  Healy  attended  the  following  encampments  of 
the  Department  of  Illinois,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  as 
a  delegate.     There  is  no  record  prior  to  1873: 

Chicago,  Rockford,  Joliet,  Sycamore  and  Ottawa  in 
January  of  1873-74-75-76  and  77. 

The  Seventh  Annual  Encampment  of  the  Department 
of  Illinois  G.  A.  R.  convened  in  the  Hall  of  Ransom  Post, 
Chicago,  111.,  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m.,  on  January  22,  1873. 

The  Eighth  Annual  Encampment  convened  at  Rock- 
ford.  Ill,  January  27,  1874. 

The  Ninth  Annual  Encampment  convened  at  Joliet, 
111.,  on  January  20,  1875. 

The  Tenth  Annual  Encampment  convened  at  Syca- 
more, 111.,  January  20,  1876. 

The  Eleventh  Annual  Encampemnt  convened  at  Ot- 
tawa, 111.,  January  18,  1877. 

The  Twelfth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  in  the  Grand  Army  Hall  at  Springfield,  111.,  January 
16,  1878. 

The  Thirteenth  Department  Encampment  was  held  at 
Galesburg,  111.,  January  29,  1879.  Was  called  to  order  by 
Department  Commander  T.  B.  Coulter  in  G.  A.  R.  Hall. 

The  Fourteenth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Chicago,  111.,  on  January  29  and  30,  1880,  at  the 
Hall  of  George  H.  Thomas  Post  No.  5.  Was  called  to 
order  by  Department  Commander  Edgar  D.  Swain. 

The  Fifteenth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Peoria,  111.,  Tanuarv  26  and  27,  1881,  in  Hall  of  John 


46  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Bryner  Post  No.  67  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.  Opened  by  Depart- 
ment Commander  Edgar  D.  Swain. 

The  Sixteenth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Rockford,  111.,  on  January  25  and  26,  1882.  John 
W.  Burst,  Department  Commander. 

The  Seventeenth  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Danville,  111.,  on  January  31  and  February  1, 
1883.     Thomas  G.  Lawler,  Department  Commander. 

The  Eighteenth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Decatur,  111.,  January  30  and  31,  1884.  Commander 
Samuel  A.  Harper,  Elmwood,  111. 

The  Nineteenth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Peoria  111.,  February  18  and  19,  1885.  Commander 
L.  T.  Dickason,  Post  No.  17,  Danville,  111. 

The  Twentieth  Annual  Department  Encampment  was 
held  at  Springfield,  111.,  February  17  and  18,  1886.  Thomas 
G.  Lawler  commander. 

The  Twenty-First  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  February  16  and  17,  1887. 
Commander  Philip  Sidney  Post. 

The  Twenty-Second  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Springfield,  111.,  February  15  and  16,  1888.  A. 
C.  Sweetser,  Commander  (1887). 

The  Twenty-Third  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Springfield,  111.,  February  20  and  21,  1889. 
Commander  J.  A.  Sexton. 

The  Twenty-Fourth  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Quincy,  111.,  March  12,  1890.  J.  S.  Martin, 
Commander. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALT.  47 

The  Twenty-Fifth  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Decatur,  111.,  April  9  and  10,  1891.  William  L. 
Distin   Commander. 

The  Twenty-Sixth  Encampment  was  held  at  Spring- 
field, 111.,  April  7  and  8,  1892.    Horace  S.  Clark,  Commander. 

The  Twenty-Seventh  Encampment  was  held  at  Spring- 
field, 111.,  March  16  and  17,  1893.  Edwin  Harlan  Com- 
mander. 

The  Twenty-Eighth  Annual  Department  Encampment 
was  held  at  Rockford,  111.,  May  15,  16  and  17,  1894.  Ed- 
ward A.  Blodgett  Commander. 

The  Twenty-Ninth  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
Bloomington,  111.,  May  14,  15,  and  16,  1895.  H.  H.  Mc- 
Dowell Commander. 

The  Thirtieth  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at  Cairo, 
111.,  May  12,  13,  and  14,  1896.    W.  H.  Powell,  Commander. 

The  Thirty-First  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
Galesburg,  111.,  May  5  and  6,  1897.  W.  G.  Cochran  Com- 
mander. 

The  Thirty-Second  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
Streator,  111.,  May  11  and  12,  1898.  A.  L.  Schimpflf  Com- 
mander. 

The  Thirty-Third  Annual  Encampment  was  held  dt 
Danville,  May  16,  17  and  18,  1899.  Commander  John  C. 
Black. 

The  Thirty-Fourth  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
Jacksonville,  111.,  May  3  and  4,  1900.  John  B.  Inman  Com- 
mander. 

The   Thirty-Fifth   Annual   Encampment   was   held   at 


48  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Peoria,  111.,  May  15  and  16,  1901.  Joel  M.  Longenecker 
Commander. 

The  Thirty-Sixth  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
Rock  Island,  May  21  and  22,  1902.  N.  B.  Thistlewood  Com- 
mander. 

The  Thirty-Seventh  Annual  Encampment  was  held  at 
East  St.  Louis,  May  6  and  7,  1903.  H.  M.  Trimble  Com- 
mander. 

The  Thirty-Eighth  Annual  Encampment  held  at 
Springfield,  April  27  and  28,  1904.  Benson  Wood  Com- 
mander. 

The  Thirty-Ninth  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Rock- 
ford,  May  24  and  25,  1905.  Robert  Mann  Woods  Com- 
mander. 

The  Fortieth  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Galesburg, 
May  23  and  24,  1906.    John  Corson  Smith  Commander. 

The  Forty-First  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Decatur, 
May  22  and  23,  1907.     Edwin  H.  Buck  Commander. 

The  Forty-Second  Annual  Encampment  held  at 
Quincy,  May  20  and  21,  1908.  A.  C.  Matthews,  Com- 
mander. 

The  Forty-Third  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Aurora, 
May  18,  19  and  20,  1909.    Joseph  Rosenbaum  Commander. 

The  Forty-Fourth  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Free- 
port,  23,  24  and  25,  1910.     Philip  C.  Hayes  Commander. 

The  Forty-Fifth  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Joliet, 
June  13,  14  and  15,  1911.    James  A.  Connolly  Commander. 

The  Forty-Sixth  Annual  Encampment  held  at  Peoria, 
May  22,  23  and  24,  1912.    Christopher  C.  Dufify  Commander. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.   HEALY.  49 

NATIONAL    ENCAMPMENTS    GRAND    ARMY    OF 
THE  REPUBLIC. 

Colonel  Healy  attended  the  following  National  Encamp- 
ments as  a  delegate  from  the  Department  of  Illinois : 

Eighth  National   Encampment,   Harrisburg,   Pa.,   1874. 

Ninth  National  Encampment,  Chicago,  111.,  May  12,1875. 

Tenth  National  Encampment,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
June  30th,  1876. 

Thirteenth  National  Encampment,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  1879. 

Fourteenth  National  Encampment,  Dayton,  Ohio,  1880. 

Fifteenth  National  Encampment,  Indianapolis,  1881. 

Sixteenth  National  Encampment,  Baltimore,  Md.,  1882. 

Seventeenth  National  Encampment,  Denver,  Colo.,  1883. 

Eighteenth  National  Encampment,  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, 1884. 

Nineteenth  National  Encampment,  Portland,  Me.,  1885. 

Twentieth  National  Encampment,  San  Francisco, 
Calif.,  1886. 

Twenty-first  National  Encampment,  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri,  1887. 

Twenty-second  National  Encampment,  Columbus, 
Ohio,  1888. 

Twenty-third  National  Encampment,  Milwaukee. 
Wis.,  1889. 

Twenty-fourth  National  Encampment,  Boston, 
Mass.,  1890. 

Twenty-fifth  National  Encampment.  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan, 1891. 


50  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Twenty-sixth  National  Encampment,  Washington, 
D.  C,  1892. 

Twenty-eighth  National  Encampment,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa,  1894. 

Twenty-ninth  National  Encampment,  Louisville, 
Ky.,  1895. 

Thirtieth  National  Encampment,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  1896. 

Thirty-first  National  Encampment,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  1897. 

Thirty-third  National  Encampment,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  1899. 

Thirty-fourth  National  Encampment,  Chicago,  III,  1900. 

Thirty-fifth  National  Encampment,  Cleveland,  O.,  1901. 

Thirty-sixth  National  Encampment,  Washington, 
D.  C,  1902. 

Thirty-eighth  National  Encampment,  Boston,  1904. 

Thirty-ninth  National  Encampment,  Denver,  Col.,  1905. 

Fortieth  National  Encampment,  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, 1906. 

Forty-first  National  Encampment,  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  1907. 

Forty-second  National  Encampment,  Toledo,  O.,  1908. 

Forty-fourth  National  Encampment,  Atlantic  City, 
N.  J.,  1910. 

Forty-fifth  National  Encampment,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  1911. 

Forty-sixth  National  Encampment,  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  1912. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  51 

Chicago  Veteran  Union  League 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  LECTURES  AND 
POLITICAL  ACTION. 

Chicago,  January  4th,   1887. 
To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  Veteran  Union  League: 

Your  Committee  herewith  present  its  report  for  the  year. 
Numerous  meetings  of  the  commitee  were  held  from  time  to  time 
and  several  plans  were  devised  and  thoroughly  discussed  to  provide 
not  only  seveial  entertainments  for  the  members,  but  also  some 
kind  of  entertainment  that  might  help  to  bring  assistance  to  the 
treasury  of  the  League.  These  projects  were  however  regretfully 
abandoned,  for  at  no  time  were  the  opportunities  such  as  to  war- 
rant your  committee  in  the  belief  that  success  would  attend  their 
efforts,  and  it  is  a  principle  of  this  League,  which  your  committee 
have  always  kept  in  view,  not  to  enter  upon  any  undertaking 
without  a  well  founded  assurance  of  a  successful  issue.  When, 
however,  the  last  political  campaign  was  commenced,  your  com- 
mittee assumed  the  duty  of  presenting  a  request  to  the  Cook 
County  Republican  Executive  Committee  to  be  permitted  to  or- 
ganize the  opening  republican  meeting  of  the  campaign.  The 
League  was  not  then  well  known  as  a  political  power,  and  the 
Executive  Committee  received  our  request  at  first  with  more  or 
less  coolness  and  hesitation.  One  of  your  committee  was,  how- 
ever, also  a  member  of  that  executive  committee  and  urged  with 
all  the  power  at  his  command  the  granting  of  the  request  in 
behalf  of  the   League.     Finally  the   request   was    granted. 

Your  Committee  immediately  went  to  work,  organized  the 
movement,  obtained  the  services  of  some  of  the  ablest  speakers 
of  the  State,  corresponded  with  all  the  leading  republican  or- 
ganizations of  the  City  and  County,  and  relieved  the  County 
Executive  Committee  from  all  the  detail  and  responsibility  in- 
cident to  such  an  enterprise.  We  struck  the  key-note  by  making 
the  opening  meeting  the  "Logan  Meeting,"  and  that  was  the  last 
meeting,  save  one,  at  which  the  eloquent  voice  of  General  Logan, 
our  comrade  was  heard  in  public  in  Cook  County.  We  need 
not  rehearse  the  events  of  that  evening.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  it 
was  by  the  public  and  by  the  press  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
important,  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  and  one  of  the  most  sue- 


52  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

cessful  mass-meetings  ever  organized  by  the  republicans  in  this 
County.  It  awakened  an  interest  and  gave  such  an  impetus  to  the 
campaign  that  the  ensuing  republican  majority  v^^hich  was  given 
at  the  November  electon  was  largely  due  to  the  successful  opening 
shot  hred  under  the  auspices  of  the  Veteran  Union   League. 

The  executive  committee  most  cheerfully  audited  and  paid  all 
the  expenses  which  we  incurred,  and  passed  unanimously  the 
following  vote  of  thanks  to  this  League  for  the  efficient  service 
rendered   the   party. 

HEADQUARTERS  COOK  COUNTY  REPUBLICAN 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 
174  Madison   Street,   Chicago,   Oct.   11,    1886. 
James  J.  Healy,  Esq.,  Pres't  Veteran  Union  League: 

Dear  Sir: — I  am  directed  by  the  Executive  Committee  to  ex- 
press to  you  their  hearty  appreciation  of  the  efiforts  of  your  or- 
ganization in  bringing  about  the  magnificent  meeting  at  Central 
Music  Hall,  Oct.  9th,  and  to  return  their  thanks  for  the  impetus 
its  success  has  given  the  campaign. 

This  was  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  Committee  at  its  meeting 
to-day.  Respectfully, 

P.  BIRD  PRICE,  Sec'ty. 
We  do  not  mention  these  facts  in  any  spirit  of  boasting;  we 
feel  that  it  would  have  afiforded  the  committee  great  satisfaction 
had  they  been  able  to  perform  the  duties  which  pertain  to  its 
work  more  efficiently,  but,  as  we  said  we  could  not  find  the  times 
auspicious  for  any  social   or  other  form   of  entertainments. 

The  League  has  now  become  recognized  publicly  as  a  leading 
political  power,  and  we  believe  that  its  future   is   certain  and  that 
its  aid  will  be  sought  for  in  many   fields,  where  hard   fighting  and 
honorable  victory  are  to  be  expected. 
Respectfully  submitted; 

WM.   R.    PAGE.   Chairman, 

E.  C.  HAMBURGHER, 

JNO.  J.  HEALY.  Committee. 

Chicago,  December  28th,  1888. 
To  the  Members  of  the  Chicago  Veteran  Union  League, 
Gentlemen: 

The  undersigned,  being  in  favor  of  the  re-election  of  Comrade 
James  J.  Healy  for  President  of  the  League,  deem  it  proper  at  this 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  53 

time  to  invite  the  attention  of  the  members  to  a  review  of  the 
history  of  the  organization,  in  order  that  a  thorough  understanding 
of  its  prosperity  and  progress  during  his  administration  may  be  had. 

The  League  was  formed  primarily  as  a  social,  literary  and 
political  organization,  making  the  social  and  literary  features  prom- 
inent, and  leaving  the  political  part  as  a  secondary  consideration. 
This  continued  to  be  the  policy  through  the  administrations  of 
Comrades  Perce  and  Scribner,  who  were  its  first  Presidents,  and 
was  varied  only  upon  the  election  of  Comrade  Healy,  which  oc- 
curred on  the  6th  of  October,  1885,  when  the  political  part  of  the 
organization  was  made  its  chief  feature,  and  the  social  and  literary 
parts  became  of  secondary  importance.  With  this  change  of  pol- 
icy, and  through  the  untiring  industry  and  zeal  of  the  new  Presi- 
dent, commenced  the  growth,  usefulness  and  power  of  the  League, 
which  to-day  is  considered  equal  to  any  political  organization  in 
the  State. 

Comrade  Healy  never  sought  an  election  as  President,  but, 
feeling  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  League,  deemed  it  a 
duty,  when  called  upon,  to  accept  any  responsibility  and  to  strive 
to  make  the  organization  a  success.  He  presided  first  at  the  meet- 
ing held  November  3d,  1885,  and  on  the  30th  of  that  month  a  report 
of  the  Finance  Committee  showed  a  balance  in  the  treasury  amount- 
ing to  $55.36,  with  bills  outstanding  amounting  to  $250.00.  It  was 
at  that  time  that  some  of  the  members,  whose  efforts  then,  and,  in 
fact,  until  very  recently,  seemed  to  have  been  given  to  breaking  up 
the  League  made  the  proposition  to  dispose  of  the  effects  of  the  or- 
ganization, pay  the  debts,  expend  whatever  balance  there  might  be 
for  a  final  banquet,  and  disband.  This  proposition  was  rejected  by 
a  large  majority,  but  it  served  to  strengthen  the  determination  of 
the  new  President  to  make  a  grand  success  of  the  organization. 
From  that  time  on  the  finances  have  steadily  increased,  and  the 
membership  has  grown  larger.  From  the  War-Song  Concert,  given 
in  the  Auditorium  Building  the  night  before  the  Convention,  and 
which  was  conceived  and  carried  out  with  such  signal  success  al- 
most wholly  by  Comrade  Healy,  ably  assisted  by  Comrades  Wm. 
R.  Page  and  James  Leddy,  the  sum  of  $4,725.25  was  realized,  and  a 
further  sum  of  $106.70  was  realized  from  the  Island  Park  Picnic, 
which  sums,  together  with  fees  and  dues,  will  make  the  receipts  for 
the  year  1888  amount  to  about  $5,500.  There  has  been  expended  for 
political  meetings,  new  piano,  room  furnishings,  and  contributions 


54  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

to  National  and  State  Committees,  during  the  year,  about  $2,000.00, 
which  will  leave  a  balance  now  on  hand  of  about  $3,500. 

It  has  always  been  the  policy  of  the  League  to  in  no  way  inter- 
fere in  the  matter  of  nominations  but  as  soon  as  a  Republican  Con- 
vention has  named  its  candidates,  to  strive  with  might  and  main  to 
secure  success  at  the  polls. 

During  Comrade  Healy's  administration  as  President  some  of 
the  most  notable  and  successful  political  meetings  ever  gotten  up 
in  this  city  for  the  party,  have  been  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
League.  The  first  of  these  was  in  1886,  when  our  Comrade  Col. 
Geo.  R.  Davis  was  elected  County  Treasurer.  This  meeting  was 
held  in  Central  Music  Hall,  and  was  addressed  by  Gen.  Logan  and 
others.  It  was  the  largest  and  most  successful  meeting  of  the 
campaign,  and  the  League  received  the  unanimous  thanks  of  the  Re- 
publican Central  Committee  for  the  good  it  did  the  party. 

The  next  great  meeting  was  in  the  spring  of  1887,  when  Mayor 
Roche  was  elected.  It  was  held  in  Battery  D  Armory,  was  pre- 
sided over  by  the  Hon.  Murry  Nelson,  and  was  addressed  by  Gov. 
Oglesby,  Mayor  Roche,  Hon.  John  F.  Finerty,  Hon.  Stephen  A. 
Douglas,  Col.  C.  L.  Easton,  Col.  E.  A.  Calkins  and  others. 

The  last  great  meeting  was  held  during  the  recent  Presidential 
Campaign  and  crowded  to  their  utmost  capacity  both  Battery  D 
and  Cavalry  Armories,  thousands  being  turned  away  unable  to  ob- 
tain admission.  This  was  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  the  Hon. 
James  G.  Blaine.  The  Battery  D.  meeting  was  called  to  order  by 
James  J.  Healy,  President  of  the  League,  who  introduced  Gov. 
Oglesby  as  the  presiding  officer. 

The  Cavalry  Armory  meeting  was  in  the  absence  of  First  Vice- 
President  Thompson,  called  to  order  by  Samuel  B.  Raymond,  Esq., 
who  introduced  Mayor  Roche  as  the  presiding  ofificer.  These  meet- 
ings were  among  the  largest  and  most  enthusiastic  ever  held  in  this 
city.  The  entire  expense  of  the  latter  amounting  to  more  than 
$1,000,  was  paid  by  the  League  out  of  its  treasury. 

It  will  be  seen  by  this  brief  recital  that  the  very  existence  of  the 
organization,  to  say  nothing  of  its  successful  operations  and  pros- 
perity, is  due  more  to  the  efforts  of  Comrade  James  J.  Healy  than 
to  any  other  person,  and  we  think  that  now  when  the  League  has 
attained  a  recognized  power  and  influence  that  it  would  be  ingrati- 
tude to  the  one  who  had  labored  so  hard  and  successfully  to  achieve 
this  success  to  deprive  him  of  the  honor  of  being  its  President. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Appended  hereto  is  a  circular  through  which  a  large  number  of 
the  members  have  expressed  their  reasons  for  supporting  Comrade 
Healy  for  the  Presidency  of  the  League  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  undersigned,  members  of  the  Veteran  Union  League  of 
Chicago,  realizing  that  under  the  able  administration  of  Comrade 
James  J.  Healy  as  President,  our  organization  has  prospered  far 
beyond  the  expectation  of  the  most  sanguine.  Its  membership  has 
greatly  increased,  its  influence  and  power  has  increased,  and  its 
treasury  is  in  good  condition,  all  these  beneficent  conditions  are 
largely  due  to  the  energy  and  untiring  industry  of  our  President. 
In  view  of  these  facts  we  desire  the  re-election  of  Comrade  Healy 
in  order  that  we  may  show  our  appreciation  of  the  services  he  has 
rendered,  and  we  hereby  agree  to  vote  for  him. 


P.  T.  McELHERNE, 

HENRY  R.  ZIMPEL. 

HENRY    WULFF. 

WM.  L.  SOUTHWORTH, 

H.  H.  EVANS. 

S.  W.  RIDERBURG. 

JOHN   BURNS. 

C.  F.  HALL. 

C.  J.  HAMLIN. 
J.  C.  NUTTING. 
T.  E.  CALKINS. 
E.  A.  CALKINS, 
HENRY    E.    FISK. 
JACOB  GROSS. 
JOS.  P.  DUFFY. 
OTTO    DEHLING. 
A.  J.  CALDER. 
WM.  T.  BALL. 
HENRY  H.  HANDY. 
MARCUS  A.  FARWELL. 
GEO.  A.  GIBBS. 

W.  S.  PARKER. 
JULIUS  STARRETT. 

D.  W.  NICKERSON. 
L.  H.  HEBEL. 

W.  J.  MANNING. 


WILEY  S.  SCRIBNER. 

E.  F.  BROOKS. 
HENRY  R.  SANDES. 
SAMUEL  KERR. 

F.  S.  ALLEN. 
JOSEPH  HARVEY. 
WM.   H.  KING. 
THEO.  F.  BROWN. 
W.   H.   COULSTON. 
J.  H.  CLAPP. 
CHAS.  E.  ERBY. 
JOHN  REICH. 

C.  F.  SMALE. 
P.  McGRATH. 
E.  C.  HAMBURGHER. 

G.  FRANK  WHITE. 
WM.  E.  WINHOLTZ. 
HENRY  WHITE. 

C.  M.  HARDY. 
E.  T.  HEAD. 
NOBLE  E.  JUDAH. 
WM.   LUDEWING. 
EDGAR  P.  TOBEY. 
CHAS.  E.  SCHARLAU. 
W.  H.  HARPER. 
LE  GRAND  W.  PERCE. 


AND    MANY    OTHERS. 


56  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Inaugural  Address  of  President  James  J.  Healy,  Delivered  Before 
the  Veteran  Union  Leagxxe  of  Chicago,  February  5,   1889. 

Comrades — 

Time,  swiftly  fleeting,  has  brought  us  to  the  threshold  of  an- 
other fiscal  year  in  the  history  of  the  Veteran  Union  League  of 
Chicago,  of  the  achievements  of  which  organization  during  the 
year  just  closed,  we,  its  members,  have  cause  for  congratulation. 

In  entering  upon  my  duties  as  your  presiding  officer,  it  seems 
to  me  fitting  to  review,  not  only  the  unusually  important  work  so 
nobly  inaugurated  and  successfully  performed,  but  to  outline 
briefly  what,  to  me,  appears  the  proper  policy  for  the  League  to 
pursue  in  order  to  still  further  enlarge  the  scope  of  its  usefulness 
as  a  political  factor,  considered  in  its  relation  to  national,  state, 
county  and  municipal  affairs.  The  national  battle  has  been  fought 
and  won,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  the  stars  and 
stripes  for  the  next  four  years  will  wave  over  a  loyal  Congress  and 
over  a  loyal  executive,  whose  fidelity  to  the  flag  will  not  be  ques- 
tioned. 

It  is  also  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  the  very  opening  gun 
in  the  great  campaign  which  resulted  in  such  a  glorious  victory 
was  fired  by  this  organization  when,  in  the  convention  hall  the 
night  before  the  assembling  of  that  body,  it  aroused  the  slumber- 
ing patriotism  of  the  people  through  the  great  war  song  concert 
so  successfully  given  under  its  auspicees. 

How  much  this  organization  contributed  toward  the  success 
of  the  Republican  ticket  during  the  memorable  campaign  of  1888, 
we  may  never  be  able  accurately  to  determine,  for  the  influences 
exerted  for  good  by  the  forces  set  in  motion  by  the  effective  meth- 
ods employed  by  this  body  were  far-reaching,  even  to  the  extreme 
limits  of  our  national  domain. 

A  ifew  days  later  in  this  city,  the  Hon.  John  S,  Clarkson, 
member  of  the  Republican  National  Committee,  referring  to  this 
concert  in  a  speech  to  a  committee  of  the  League,  gave  expression 
to  these  words: 

"We  rejoice,  as  every  soldier  rejoices  and  as  every  loyal  -citi- 
zen rejoices,  at  the  great  victory  of  our  glorious  Republican  party. 
It  is  a  fact,  recognized  not  only  by  this  League,  this  city,  and  this 
state,  that  you  contributed  largely   in  achieving  this  success,  and 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  57 

for  that  action  we  take  this  occasion  to  thank  you.  *  *  *  it 
was  an  auspicious  opening  of  the  campaign  that  made  the  Audi- 
torium a  temple  of  victory.  It  was  the  first  act  in  this  great  con- 
test for  victory.  *  *  *  ^he  concert  you  gave  ushered  in  the 
coming  victory  with  song.  It  has  been  a  campaign  of  song.  You 
gave  it  the  keynote." 

The  primary  object  aimed  at  was  success  to  the  Republican 
cause;  the  secondary  the  replenishing  of  its  treasury,  in  order  to 
have  it  in  our  power  to  contribute  to  the  "sinews  of  war,"  and 
herein  the  League  holds  first  place  among  political  organizations 
in  this  state,  having  contributed  over  $1,500  for  campaign  purposes. 
The  net  proceeds  of  the  concert  were  $4,725.25. 

The  part  your  president  took  in  the  initiative  in  the  concert 
project  is  not  unknown  to  the  League.  In  this  connection  permit 
me  to  thank  my  associate  officers,  committees,  and  members  for 
their  fidelity  to  duty,  valuable  assistance  and  uniform  courtesy 
extended  me,  without  which  support,  I  recognize  the  fact  that  my 
individual    efforts    would    have    been    futile. 

I  take  this  occasion  to  especially  thank  your  secretary.  Com- 
rade E.  J.  Burkert,  and  Comrades  William  R.  Page  and  James 
Leddy  for  faithful  and  efficient  services  rendered  me  in  the  arduous 
and  perplexing  duties  involved  in  the  preliminary  work  of  organi- 
zation for  the  concert. 

Socially  the  League  has  also  prospered.  The  annual  recep- 
tion given  at  the  First  Regiment  Armory  and  the  Fourth  of  July 
picnic  at  Island  Park,  the  reading  of  able  papers  on  interesting 
topics  by  Comrades  H.  P.  Thompson,  W.  F.  Calhoun  and  Mr. 
Samuel  Parker,  of  which  your  lecture  committee  had  charge,  all 
contributed  towards  the  entertainment  and  edification  of  the 
League   membership. 

Valuable  presentations  were  made  during  the  year  by  unani- 
mous vote  of  this  body  for  services  rendered,  embracing  your 
president.  Comrades  Page  and  Leddy,  and  the  Hon.  A.  S.  Conger 
of  Ohio,  John  S.  Clarkson  of  Iowa,  Powell  Clayton  of  Arkansas 
and  Ferd.  W.  Peck  of  Chicago,  through  whose  latter  good  will 
the  use  of  the  Auditorium  hall  became  a  possibility.  I  once  again 
tender  my  grateful  acknowledgement  and  appreciation  of  this  mark 
of  your  esteem. 

The   League  pilgrimage   to   Indianapolis  to  pay  its  respects  to 


58  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

President-elect  Harrison,  in  which  your  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee on  political  action,  the  Hon.  John  M.  Hamilton,  took  conspic- 
uous part,  both  as  a  speaker  en  route  and  as  the  chief  orator  at 
Tomlin's  hall  at  Indianapolis,  was  not  without  its  good  results, 
the  League  generously  contributing  towards  the  payment  of  the 
expenses  of  a  sister  Chicago  political  club.  October  2  the  arrange- 
ments were  perfected  for  the  memorable  trip.  October  6  the  ex- 
cursion started  to  Indianapolis  amidst  the  booming  of  cannon  and 
the  music  of  bands.  Large  and  enthusiastic  meetings  were  ad- 
dressed at  Danville,  111.,  and  Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  by  members  of 
the  League  and  other  prominent  orators.  At  Indianapolis  a  very 
pleasant  interview  was  had  with  General  Harrison,  and  the  entire 
trip  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  all.  The  enthusiasm  along  the  route 
traveled,  both  going  and  returning,  was  intense  and  foretold  the 
coming  victory. 

The  crowning  work  of  the  campaign,  and  for  the  consumma- 
tion of  which  this  organization  paid  out  of  its  treasury  over  $1,000, 
resolved  itself  into  the  unparalleled  ratification  meeting  held  under 
the  auspices  of  the  League  at  Battery  "D"  and  old  Cavalry  armo- 
ries on  Saturday  evening,  October  20,  1888,  at  which,  it  is  estimated 
by  modest  computators,  there  were  over  20,000  people  present, 
with  the  Hon.  James  G.  Blaine  as  the  principal  orator — Governor 
Oglesby  presiding  at  Battery  "D"  and  Mayor  Roche  at  the  Cav- 
alry armory.  These  meetings,  it  is  admitted,  were  the  meetings 
of  the  campaign,  and  served  but  again  to  demonstrate  that  the 
services  of  the  League  are  always  sought  "whenever  and  wher- 
ever hard  fighting  is  required  and  important  battles  are  to  be  won." 

The  condition  of  your  treasury  is  eminently  satisfactory,  there 
being,  according  to  your  finance  committee's  annual  report,  a  bal- 
ance on  hand  of  $3,674.72;  $3,000  being  invested  in  first-mortgage 
real  estate  securities,  drawing  634  per  cent  interest,  and  leaving  a 
working  cash  balance  of  $674.75  on  hand,  as  against  $356.30  in  Jan- 
uary,  1888. 

On  January  3,  1888,  Comrade  W.  L.  Diston  presented  to  the 
League  a  finely  engraved  picture  of  "Andersonville  Prison"  and  a 
large,  fine  photograph  of  our  late  comrade  and  friend.  Gen.  John 
A.  Logan. 

April  2,  Mulvany's  great  historic  painting,  "McPherson  and 
Revenge,"    which    still    occupies   a  conspicuous    place    in    our   hall, 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  59 

was  placed  on  exhibition  before  the  League.  At  this  meeting, 
Comrade  W.  F.  Calhoun,  late  speaker  of  the  Illinois  House  of 
Representatives,  entertained  us  with  a  very  interesting  lecture, 
"The  Veteran's  Place  in  Politics." 

July  3,  resolutions  were  passed  by  the  League,  by  a  rising 
vote,  endorsing  the  nominations  made  by  the  Republican  conven- 
tions for  national  and  state  officers. 

August  7,  the  death  of  Gen.  Philip  H.  Sheridan  was  formally 
announced,  and  resolutions  of  respect  to  his  memory  were  passed 
by  a  rising  vote  and  ordered  engrossed  and  a  copy  sent  to  his 
widow.  The  League  has  lost  by  death  during  the  past  year  three 
worthy  comrades,  viz:  Martin  Beem,  Thomas  C.  Clark  and  A. 
H.  Boyden,  and  appropriate  resolutions  of  respect  to  their  mem- 
ory were  passed.  At  this  meeting  Comrade  Wiley  S.  Scribner 
presented  to  the  League  a  gavel  made  out  of  wood  which  he 
brought  from  the  field  of  the  famous  "Battle  Above  the  Clouds," 
on  the  top  of  Lookout  Mountain,  and  for  which  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  him. 

January  1,  1889,  the  League  kept  open  house  during  the  day, 
and  many  friends  called  to  partake  of  the  tempting  lunch  which 
was  served,  and  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  organization.  In  the 
evening  an  election  of  officers  was  had  for  the  ensuing  year;  after 
which  toasts  were  responded  to  and  army  and  other  songs  sung 
by  the  many  gifted  musicians,  members  of  the  organization,  who 
graced  the  occasion  by  their  presence. 

Our  meetings  and  other  gatherings  have  been  a  source  of  pleas- 
ure to  all,  and  have  been  marked  by  a  feeling  of  good  fellowship 
which    has    been    highly    commendable. 

Your  secretary  has  proved  himself  efficient  as  a  collector, 
there  remaining  but  about  $450  dues  outstanding,  not  including 
current  quarter. 

The  enlargement  of  present  quarters,  or  the  securing  of  new 
quarters,  has,  for  some  time  past,  claimed  the  attention  of  your 
board  of  directors,  and  requires,  in  my  judgment,  decisive  action. 
Our  present  quarters  are  not  sufficiently  commodious  for  our  re- 
quirements. 

And  now,  comrades,  in  conclusion,  I  again  ask  you  to  accept 
my  sincere  thanks  for  the  honor  you  have  coriferred  upon  me  by 


60  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

selecting  me  as  president  for  the  fourth  term,  and  to  assure  you 
that  I  shall  endeavor  to  discharge  the  duties  imposed  upon  me 
impartially  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 

I  appoint  the  following  standing  committees  for  the  current 
year: 

Committee  on  Political  Action — Hon,  John  M.  Hamilton,  chair- 
man; William  R.  Page,  E.  C.  Hamburger,  O.  H.  Gillmore,  F.  M. 
Blount. 

Committee  on  Lectures — Theodore  F.  Brown,  chairman; 
Charles   F.   Smale,  Julius   Starrett. 

Committee  on  Finance — William  E.  Winholtz,  chairman;  Rob- 
ert F.  Wilson,  John   C.  Nutting. 

Annual   Address   of   President   James   J.    Healy,    Delivered   Before 
the  Union  Veteran  League  of  Chicago,  January  1,  1890. 

Comrades — 

The  virtual  close  of  another  fiscal  year  in  the  history  of  the 
Veteran  Union  League  of  Chicago,  and  with  it  my  surrender  of 
the  presidency  with  which  you  have  honored  me  for  the  past  four 
years,  calls  for  a  brief  outline  of  an  experience  as  an  organization 
fraught  with  so  much  that  is  gratifying,  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive. While  a  retrospective  view  of  its  struggles  and  triumphs 
is  somewhat  closely  woven  into  the  woof  and  warp  of  my  indi- 
vidual experience,  I  cheerfully  and  unhesitatingly  bear  testimony 
to  the  valuable  aid  rendered  me  by  my  official  associates  without 
whose   cordial   support   my   efforts   would   have   proved   futile. 

Where  all  have  done  so  well  it  almost  seems  unjust  to  individ- 
ualize, and  yet  so  much  is  due  to  your  secretary.  Comrade  Erast 
J.  Burkert,  that  I  cannot  forbear  special  recognition  of  his  serv- 
ices. Accepting  the  secretaryship  at  a  time  antedating  my  induc- 
tion into  office  by  a  year  and  a  half,  when  the  position  went  beg- 
ging, because  of  the  fact  that  the  life  of  the  organization  had 
almost  ebbed  out,  when  but  little  honor  and  less  emolument  at- 
tached to  the  position,  he  has  continued  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
said  position,  the  labors  involved  in  which  are  too  often  unap- 
preciated. 

It  was  at  this  juncture  that  you  chose  me  as  your  presid- 
ing  officer.     The    treasury    was    empty,    the    League    in    debt,    and 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMIOS  J.   HEALY.  61 

members  hesitating  after  the  importunities  of  your  secretary  to 
pay  beyond  a  single  quarter's  dues. 

Resolutions  had  been  presented  to  the  body  in  regular  session 
assembled  to  surrender  the  charter,  dispose  of  what  ordinary 
effects  the  organization  was  possessed  of,  and  disband.  This 
resolution  was  presented  in  all  seriousness  by  a  comrade  who 
had  repeatedly  been  honored  by  important  positions  in  G.  A.  R. 
circles,  and  a  politician  not  without  following  in  his  own  ward, 
and  a  man  credited  with  more  than  ordinary  acumen  of  judgment. 
Your  secretary  consented  to  continue  service  in  what  must  at 
the  time  have  appeared  to  him  a  "forlorn  hope,"  and  has  remained 
at  my  request  throughout  my  four  years'  administration,  cor- 
dially seconding  my  every  effort  to  advance  the  interests  of  the 
League. 

From  unpretentious  quarters  at  185  Clark  street,  the  League 
finds  itself  in  commodious  if  not  luxuriant  quarters,  with  greatly 
enlarged  facilities  for  the  comfort,  convenience  and  pleasure  of 
its  members  and  with   Grand  Army  hall  for  our  regular  meetings. 

Your  board  of  directors  more  than  met  the  expectations  of 
the  members  by  thus  providing  a  home  in  which  all  may  take  just 
pride,  and  one  to  which  you  may  bring  your  friends  without  the 
necessity  of  an  apology  for  lack  of  accommodations. 

To  your  committee  on  political  action  is  due  the  credit  of  the 
present  political  standing  of  the  organization,  which  is  and  has 
for  the  past  few  years  been  the  envy  of  other  and  larger  (numer- 
ically speaking)  organizations  of  like  political  faith  in  this  city, 
demonstrating  that  I  did  not  err  in  judgment  when  I  appointed 
my    advisers. 

Your  committee  on  lectures  contributed  to  the  material  and 
social  interests  of  the  League  in  a  manner  deserving  the  thanks  of 
its   members. 

If  you  will  permit  a  suggestion  in  reference  to  a  matter  of 
considerable  importance,  financially  considered,  I  will  state  that  I 
believe  that  the  buffet  should  be  wholly  and  exclusively  under  the 
management  of  the  commissary,  and  a  change  in  the  by-laws  to 
that  effect  ought  to  be  made. 

Comrade  Charles  F.  Smale,  who  it  is  hoped  may  be  his  own 
successor,  has  proven  himself  efficient  and  painstaking,  and  his 
management  of  the  affairs  of  this  department  has  been  such  as  to 


62  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

not  only  make  it  self-supporting  but  a  source  of  considerable 
revenue. 

The  report  of  your  finance  committee,  when  presented,  you 
will  observe,  deals  in  figures  of  receipts  and  disbursements  which 
five  years  ago   would  have   almost  proved   startling. 

While  our  expenditures  have  been  large,  the  manner  in  which 
applied  must  -commend  itself  to  your  judgment  as  judicious;  while 
the  balance  in  the  treasury  is  ample  guarantee  of  the  perpetuity  of 
the  League,  if  guided  by  wise  counsel  and  a  continued  husbanding 
of  its  resources. 

It  must  be  conceded  by  all  that  the  League  has  made  stu- 
pendous strides  politically,  socially  and  financially. 

Its  grand  achievements  were  made  possible  by  the  unparal- 
leled financial  success  attained  during  my  administration  of  affairs, 
to  which  special  reference  was  made  in  my  inaugural  of  last  Feb- 
ruary. 

The  standing  of  an  organization  is  measured  by  its  usefulness, 
and  its  usefulness  determined  by  its  success. 

The  objects  of  this  organization  are  as  defined  by  its  Consti- 
tution,  Article    I.      Name   and    Objects: 

"This  association  shall  be  known  as  the  Veteran  Union  League 
of  Chicago,  and  its  objects  are  to  be  of  a  social  and  political  char- 
acter. 

"Social,  as  far  as  cultivating,  promoting  and  strengthening 
these  soldierly  and  brotherly  feelings,  which  bound  together  the 
comrades  of  the  army  and  navy,  who  united  to  support  the  Na- 
tional Government  in  its  contest  with  treason,  and  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  late  rebellion  in  the  Southern  States. 

"Political,  inasmuch  as  we  believe  in,  and  will  uphold,  aid  and 
defend  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  which  are  based 
upon  a  paramount  respect  for,  and  a  fidelity  to,  the  National  Con- 
stitution and  Laws,  which  are  intended  to  encourage  the  spread 
of  universal  liberty,  equal  rights,  and  jusiice  to  all  men,  regardless 
of  nationality  or  color,  and  to  inculcate  a  higher  appreciation  of 
the  value  and  sacred  obligations  of  American  citizenship,  and  to 
aid  in  the  enforcement  of  all  laws  enacted  to  preserve  the  purity 
of   the   ballot   box." 

Have  these  been  attained?  The  question  can  unhesitatingly 
be  answered  in  the  affirmative. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALT.  63 

A   synopsis   of  the   year's  work  may  prove   of  interest: 

Number   of  members   in   good   standing    338 

Being  an   increase   during  the   year   of 73 

Active 240 

Associate   76 

Honorary     17 

Cash  balance  in  treasurer's  hands  Feb.  5,  1889 ••...$    674.72 

Receipts  during  year   6,404.58 

Making  a  total  of $7,079.30 

Disbursements   5,977.53 

Leaving  a  cash  balance  Jan.  1,  1890,  of $1,101.77 

With  $2,000  on  interest. 

In  our  satisfaction  of  success  and  triumphs,  there  lingers  a  sad- 
ness in  the  contemplation  of  the  increasing  mortality  among  our 
members,  and  of  death  having  claimed  such  shining  marks  as  its 
own. 

The  loss  to  the  League  from  this  source  within  the  past  year 
alone  number  four  comrades,  viz.:  Wiley  S.  Scribner,  born  Sept. 
6,  1840;  died  Sept.  28,  1889,  who  was  the  second  president  of  this 
organization  and  one  of  its  charter  members.  Lewsi  F.  Jacobs, 
born  1836,  died  Oct.  21,  1889,  who  was  also  a  charter  member  and 
a  faithful  worker  in  the  first  board  of  directors  in  1881.  The  Hon. 
P.  T.  McElherne,  associate  member,  born  Feb.  14,  1846;  died 
Nov.  7,  1889;  and  J.  W.  Jackson,  aged  49  years. 

In  conclusion  I  desire  to  say  that  I  retire  without  harboring 
a  single  thought  of  ill  will  towards  any  member  of  this  body,  hav- 
ing only  the  kindliest  feeling  for  all. 

I  may  at  times  have  erred  in  judgment,  yet  the  success  cf  the 
League  has  been  my  constant  aim.  For  the  forbearance  which  has 
characterized  your  conduct  towards  me  as  your  presiding  officer 
you  have  my  sincere  thanks 

I  trust  I  shall  not  lose  interest  in  the  future  of  our  organiza- 
tion, and  pledge  my  cordial  support  to  the  administration  which 
shall  succeed  me. 

I  wish  one  and  all  a  prosperous  and  happy  New  Year. 


64  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

NOTABLE  PATRIOTIC  CONCERT. 

Probably  the  most  successful  patriotic  concert  ever  held 
in  the  United  States  attended  by  so  great  and  representative 
a  body  of  men  from  every  State  and  territory  of  the  Union 
was  that  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Veteran  Union 
League  at  the  Auditorium  Theater  on  the  evening  of  June 
18,  1888.  The  Auditorium  Theater,  formally  opened  and 
dedicated  on  that  occasion,  was  then  the  convention  hall 
of  the  Republican  National  Convention,  which  nominated 
Benjamin  Harrison  for  the  presidency.  Colonel  Healy  was 
President  of  the  league,  the  roster  of  which  contained  the 
names  of  many  a  gallant  soldier  of  the  wars.  On  that 
bright  and  inspiring  occasion  the  members  of  the  league, 
composed  of  former  soldiers,  as  active  and  adherents  of 
the  Republican  party  as  associate  members,  were  afforded 
an  opportunity  to  renew  "camp  fires,"  and  it  was  taken  ad- 
vantage of  to  the  fullest.  It  is  recalled  that  the  Illinois 
delegates-at-large  to  that  memorable  convention  were  Col. 
George  R.  ("Royal  George")  Davis,  United  States  Senator 
Charles  B.  Farwell,  Gen.  Horace  S.  Clark  and  William 
F.  L.   Hadley. 

Headquarters  Veteran  Union  League, 

185  Clark  Street,  Chicago. 
Comrades: 

The  Veteran  Union  League  takes  pleasure  in  informing  you 
that  arrangements  have  been  perfected  with  the  National  Commit- 
tee for  the  use  of  the  great  -convention  Hall  on  Monday  evening 
preceding'  the  meeting  of  the  convention,  on  which  occasion  will 
be  given  a  war  song  concert  projected  on  a  grander  scale  than 
anything  of  the  kind  heretofore  attempted.  The  services  of  Profs. 
C.  M.  Currier  and  S.  G.  Pratt,  both  eminent  in  musical  circles,  have 
been    secured    to    conduct    the    concert.      A    military    band    of   fifty 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  65 

pieces,  a  chorus  of  500  voices,  with  a  bugle  and  drum  corps,  will 
constitute  the  features  of  the  entertainment. 

The  immense  hall  will  seat  nearly  10,000  persons,  and  will  be 
gorgeous  in  its  decorations  and  appointments.  This  occasion  will 
afford  the  only  opportunity  to  thousands  of  seeing  the  hall  as  it 
will  appear  at  the  meeting  of  the  convention. 

Souvenir  programs,  in  addition  to  the  house  programs,  will  be 
presented  to  every  ticket  holder. 

Facilities  have  been  made  for  reserving  seats  for  persons  living 
at  a  distance,  if  early  application  shall  be  made. 

Orders  for  tickets  should  be  addressed  to  President  James  J. 
Healy,  Veteran  Union  League,  accompanied  by  remittance  cover- 
ing cost   of   seats.     Tickets  admitting   one  person,  $1.00. 

Tickets  may  be  had  also  at  the  box  office,  in  Lyon  &  Healy's 
nusic  store,  corner  State  and  Monroe  streets. 

JAMES  J.  HEALY,   President. 

In  attendance  at  the  great  concert  were  many  of  the 
noted  statesmen  and  soldiers  of  the  nation  and  at  no  time 
since  has  there  been  so  great  an  assemblage  of  "stalwarts." 
In  the  vast  audience  were  included  the  following: 

William  McKinley,  Charles  Foster,  Senator  Joseph  B. 
Foraker  and  Benjamin  Butterworth,  of  Ohio ;  Powell  Clay- 
ton, Arkansas ;  Morris  M.  Estee,  California ;  Henry  R.  Wol- 
cott,  Colorado ;  Richard  W.  Thompson  and  Clement  Stude- 
baker,  Indiana ;  David  B.  Henderson,  Gen.  John  S.  Clarkson, 
Joseph  P.  Dolliver,  James  F.  Wilson  and  George  D.  Perkins, 
of  Iowa ;  William  O.  Bradley,  Kentucky ;  William  Pitt 
Kellogg,  P.  Felix  Herwig,  P.  B.  S.  Pinchback,  Louisiana ; 
Charles  A.  Boutelle,  Joseph  H.  Manley,  Maine;  George  L. 
Wellington,  Maryland ;  Senator  George  F.  Hoar,  Massa- 
chusetts;  Henry  M.   Dufifield,   Michigan;   Frank   F.   Davis, 


66  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMBS  J.  HEALY. 

Joel  P.  Heatwole,  Minnesota ;  Chauncey  I.  Filley,  William 
Warner,  Missouri;  Senator  John  M.  Thurston,  Nebraska; 
Senator  William  M.  Stewart,  William  E.  Sharon,  Nevada ; 
J.  H.  Gallinger,  New  Hampshire ;  John  Hart  Brewer,  New 
Jersey;  Frank  Hiscock,  Warner  Miller,  Chauncey  M. 
Depew,  Thomas  C.  Piatt,  Timothy  L.  Woodruff,  J.  Sloat 
Fassett,  H.  H.  Warner,  New  York;  Senator  Mathew  S. 
Quay,  Daniel  H.  Hastings,  William  R.  Leeds,  Pennsylvania; 
N.  W.  Cuney,  Texas ;  Senator  Redfield  Proctor,  Vermont ; 
Senator  John  C.  Spooner,  Henry  C.  Payne  and  Hiram  O. 
Fairchild,  of  Wisconsin.  All  of  the  foregoing  were  dele- 
gates to  the  Republican  convention.  Also  in  the  audience 
were  Gen.  John  A.  and  Mrs.  Logan  of  Illinois  and  the 
flower  of  civil,  political  and  military  life  of  Chicago  and  the 
State,  as  well  as  elsewhere  throughout  the  nation.  As  Presi- 
dent of  the  Veteran  LTnion  League,  Colonel  Healy  acted  as 
chairman  of  the  gathering. 

The  following  official  report  tells  of  the  success  of  the 
enterprise  : 

HEADQUARTERS  VETERAN  UNION  LEAGUE, 
185  CLARK  STREET. 

Chicago,  July  3rd.  1888. 
To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  Veteran  Union  League, 
of  Chicago. 
Gentlemen: — Your  committee,  authorized  at  the  last  regular 
meeting  of  the  League  to  make  the  necessary  and  final  arrange- 
ments to  give  a  War  Song  Concert  in  Convention  Hall,  Audi- 
torium Building,  on  Monday  evening,  June  18th,  1888,  beg  leave 
to  state  that  they  have  carried  out  the  wishes  of  this  organization 
to  the  best  of  their  ability,  and  with  a  view  both  to  the  musical 
and  financial  success  of  the  enterprise,  herewith  respectfully  sub- 
mit the  following  gratifying  report: 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  67 

Number  of  Tickets  Printed  for  War  Song  Concert,  at  Convention 
Hall,    Auditorium    Building,    Under    the    Auspices   of 
Veteran    Union    League. 

Delegate  Floor,  at  $1.00  each    832 

Parquette  Circle,  at  $1.00  each    1,885 

Main   Balcony,  at  $1.00  each    1,883 

Stage    Gallery,   at   $1.00   each    928 

Stage,  Sec.  A  to   E,  at  $1.00  each 872 

Sec.  T,  1  to  119;  at  $1.00  each 119 

Gallery,  Secton  1  to  5;  at  50  cents  each   637 

Upper  Gallery,  at  50  cents  each    525 


Total    7,681 

Number  of  tickets  at  $1.00 6,519 

Less   complimentary    1,594         Cash $4,925 

Number   of  tickets   at   50  cents 1,162 

Less    complimentary    92         Cash $  535 

Cash  at  door   $      42.00 

House    programme    60.00 

Souvenir   programme    806.94 


Grand    Total    $6,368.94 

Expenses  and  Disbursements. 

R.  Dunham  &  Co.,  painting  banner   $  26.00 

C.   M.   Currier,  chorus  and  band 925.00 

Chicago  Herald  Co.,  advertising    24.63 

C.  S.  Cole,  souvenir  badges  for  League 100.00 

Block  Publishing  and   Printing  Co.,  for  flags    30.60 

Tribune   Company,   advertising    64.25 

The    Inter-Ocean,    advertising    28.00 

Mrs.  Abbie  Carrington,  soloist   50.00 

Leroy  Payne,  carriage,  (Mrs.  Carrington) 4.00 

Hibbard,   Spencer   &   B.   Ammunition    5.20 

Chicago  Times,  advertising   27.50 

Chicago   Journal,    advertising    1 1.25 

Tribune,  advertising    10.50 


68  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

Brown,  Pettibone  &  Co.,  2,500  circular  prog.   &  dodgers..  84.56 

Postage  stamps  10.00 

Directing  circulars  and  envelopes  to  G.  A.  R.  Posts 4.00 

Advertising  cards  at   Lyon   &  Healy's 2.00 

Incidental    expenses    5.00 

Stamps    2.00 

U.  D.  Brodie,  Clerk    9.00 

Express  on  circle  to  Milwaukee   .25 

Charles   Sommers,   ticket   agent    50.00 

Eagle   Sign  and   Paint   Co 2.00 

Six  (6)   signs   5.00 

H.    Meyers,   Clerk    15.00 

Table,  Lyon  &  Healy's    5.00 

Two  cash  boxes   4.25 

Latham,  typewriting   20.00 

J.  M.  W.  Jones  Company,  printing,  etc 24.45 

Eagle   Show   Card   Company,   cards    1 1.00 

Wm.   R.   Page,   carpenter  work,   pd 1.50 

James  Leddy,  pd.  for  meals  for  ticket  agent 7.25 

J.  J.  Sherman,  carpenter  work    4.00 

Copyist   1.00 

J.  Meyer,  cash  clerk 19.00 

Nelson    Patterson    5.00 

Total    Disbursements    $1,593.19 

Recapitulation. 

Total    Receipts    $6,368,94 

Total    Disbursements    1,593.19 

Net  receipts   $4,775.75 

Your  committee  would  recommend  that  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee be  instructed  to  make  arrangements  for  investing  the  re- 
ceipts of  the  concert  in  good,  interest-bearing  securities;  and 
that  they  report  their  recommendations  at  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  League  for  action  thereon. 

Your  committee  would  further  recommend  that  the  League 
take  suitable  action  to  fittingly  acknowledge  the  courtesy  and 
invaluable    services    of   the    Honorable    J.    S.    Clarkson,    chairman, 


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and  members  of  the  National  Republican  Subcommittee;  the  local 
Executive  Committee;  and  Ferdinand  W.  Peck,  President,  and 
Milward  Adams,  manager  of  the  Auditorium  Building  Associa- 
tion; Capt.  Frank  S.  Allen  of  Battery  "D,"  and  Capt.  Brown  of 
Co.,  First  Regiment,  I.  N.  C,  and  Capt.  McGrath  for  floral  con- 
tributions to  League  rooms  during  the  Republican  National  Con- 
vention. Respectfully  submitted, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY,  President, 

WM.    R.    PAGE,    Chairman    Lecture    Com. 

JAMES   LEDDY, 

E.   J.    BURKERT,    Secretary. 

The  officers  of  the  league  at  that  time  were  as  follows, 
several  of  them  having  been  members  since  the  organization 
was  incorporated  in  1880: 

President — James  J.  Healy. 

First  Vice-President — H.  P.  Thompson. 

Second  Vice-President — William  B.  Keeler. 

Recording  Secretary — Erast.  J.  Burkert. 

Treasurer — Charles  A.  Dibble. 

Corresponding  Secretary — William  H.  Coulston. 

Marshal — Aaron  F.  Walcott. 

Surgeon — Joseph  S.  Lane,  M.  D. 

Chaplain — The  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Samuel  Fallows. 

Judge  Advocate — William  J.  Manning. 

Commissary — James  Leddy. 

yuartermaster — Robert  F.  Wilson. 

Others  prominently  identified  with  the  affairs  of  the 
league  were  Frank  S.  Allen,  Lew  F.  Jacobs,  Wiley  S. 
Scribner,  Canute  R.  Matson,  William  R.  Page,  John  J. 
Healy,  E.  C.  Hamburgher,  William  H.  King  and  Francis  A. 
Riddle. 


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FAVORITE  WAR  TIME  SONGS. 

The  following"  favorite  war  time  songs  were  sung  at  the 
great  concert : 

Hail  Columbia. 

Military  Band,  Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and  Audience. 

To  be  Sung  in  Unison. 

Hail,  Columbia,  happy  land  ! 
Hail,  ye  heroes  !  heaven  born  band  ! 
Who  fought  and  bled  in  Freedom's  cause, 
Who  fought  and  bled  in  Freedom's  cause. 
And  when  the  storm  of  war  was  gone. 
Enjoyed  the  peace  your  valor  won. 
Let  independence  be  our  boast. 
Ever  mindful  what  it  cost; 
Ever  grateful  for  the  prize. 
Let  its  altar  reach  the  skies. 
Chorus  : — Firm,  united  let  us  be. 

Rallying  round  our  liberty ! 
As  a  band  of  brothers  joined. 

Peace  and  safety  we  shall  find. 


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Tramp,   Tramp,   Tramp. 

Solo — Men's  Voices,  Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and 

Audience. 

In  the  battle  front  we  stood 

When  their  fiercest  charge  they  made, 

And  they  swept  us  off  a  hundred  men  or  more, 

But  before  we  reach'd  their  hnes, 

They  were  beaten   back   dismay'd. 

And  we  heard  the  cry  of  vict'ry  o'er  and  o'er. 

Chorus: — Tramp,  Tramp,  Tramp,  the  boys  are  marching, 
Cheer  up,  comrades,  they  will  come. 
And,  beneath  the  starry  flag, 
We  shall  breathe  the  air  again 
Of  the  freeland  in  our  own  beloved  homes. 

So  within  the  prison  cell, 

We  are  waiting  for  the  day 

That  shall  come  to  open  wide  the  iron  door, 

And  the  hollow  eye  grows  bright, 

And  the  poor  heart  almost  gay. 

As  we  think  of  seeing  home  and  friends  once  more. 


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Tenting  Tonight. 

Solo — Men's  Voices,  Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and 

Audience. 

We're  tenting  to-night  on  the  old  Camp  ground, 

Give  us  a  song  to  cheer 
Our  weary  hearts,  a  song  of  home, 

And  friends  we  love  so  dear. 

Chorus  : — Many  are  the  hearts  that  are  merry  to-night. 
It  is  that  the  war  has  ceased, 
Happy  are  the  hearts,  looking  for  the  right, 
To  see  the  dawn  of  peace. 

Tenting  to-night,  tenting  to-night. 
Tenting  on  the  old  Camp  ground, 
Dying  on  the  old  Camp  ground. 

We've  been  tenting  to-night  on  the  old  Camp  ground, 

Thinking  of  days  gone  by. 
Of  the  lov'd  ones  at  home  that  gave  us  the  hand, 

And  the  tear  that  said  "good-bye!" 

We  are  tired  of  war  on  the  old  Camp  ground, 

Many  are  dead  and  gone. 
Of  the  brave  and  true  who've  left  their  homes. 

Others  been  wounded  long. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J    HEALY. 


Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic. 

Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and  Audience. 
Mine  eyes  have  seen  the  glory  of  the  coming  of  the  Lord; 
He  is  trampling  out  the  vintage  where  the  grapes  of  wrath  are  stored: 
He  hath  loosed  the  fateful  lightning  of  His  terrible  swift  sword, 
His  truth  is  marching  on. 

Chorus: — Glory!  glory  hallelujah! 

Glory!  glory  hallelujah! 
Glory!  glory  hallelujah! 
His  truth  is  marching  on. 

I  have  seen  Him  in  the  watch-fires  of  a  hundred  circling  camps; 
They  have  builded  Him  an  altar  in  the  evening  dews  and  damps ; 
I  can  read  His  righteous  sentence  by  the  dim  and  flaring  lamps; 
His  day  is  marching  on. 

He  has  sounded  forth  the  trumpet  that  shall  never  call  retreat ; 
He  is  sifting  out  the  hearts  of  men  before  His  judgment  seat; 
Oh,  be  swift,  my  soul,  to  answer  Him!  be  jubilant,  my  feet; 
Our  God  is  marching  on. 


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Marching  Through  Georgia. 

Solo — Men's  Voices,  Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and 

Audience. 

Bring  the  good  old  bugle,  boys !  we'll  sing  another  song — 
Sing  it  with  a  spirit  that  will  start  the  world  along — 
Sing  it  as  we  used  to  sing  it,  fifty  thousand  strong, 
While  we  were  marching  through  Georgia. 

Chorus: — Hurrah!  hurrah!  we  bring  the  jubilee! 

Hurrah  !  hurrah  !  the  flag  that  makes  you  free  ! 
So  we  sang  the  chorus  from  Atlanta  to  the  sea, 
While  we  were  marching  through  Georgia. 

Yes,  and  there  were  Union  men  who  wept  with  joyful  tears. 
When  they  saw  the  honor'd  flag  they  had  not  seen  for  years ; 
Hardly  could  they  be  restrained  from  breaking  forth  in  cheers 
While  we  were  marching  through  Georgia. 

So  we  made  a  thoroughfare  for  freedom  and  her  train, 
Sixty  miles  in  latitude — three  hundred  to  the  main ; 
Treason  fled  before  us,  for  resistance  was  in  vain. 
While  we  were  marching  through  Georgia. 


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Just  Before  the  Battle  Mother. 

Solo— Men's  Voices,  Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and 

Audience. 

Just  before  the  battle,  Mother, 
I  am  thinking  most  of  you, 
While  upon  the  field  we're  watching, 
With  the  enemy  in  view — 
Comrades  brave  are  round  me  lying. 
Filled  with  thoughts  of  home  and  God ; 
For  well  they  know  that  on  the  morrow, 
Some  will  sleep  beneath  the  sod. 

Chorus  : — Farewell,   mother,  you   may  never 
Press  me  to  your  heart  again. 
But,  Oh  !  you'll  not  forget  me,  mother, 
If  Fm  number'd  with  the  slain. 

Hark !  I  hear  the  bugles  sounding, 

'Tis  the     signal  for  the  fight. 

Now,  may  God  protect  us.  Mother, 

As  he  ever  does  the  right. 

Hear  the  "Battle  Cry  of  Freedom," 

How  it  swells  upon  the  air. 

Oh,  yes,  we'll  rally  round  the  standard, 

Or  we  we'll  perish  nobly  there. 


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Rally  Round  the  Flag,  Boys. 

Solo — Men's    Voices,    Grand    Chorus,    Veteran    Union    League    and 
Audience. 
Yes,  we'll  rally  round  the  flag,  boys,  we'll  rally  once  again, 

Shouting  the  battle-cry  of  Freedom, 
We  will  rally  from  the  hill-side,  we'll  gather  from  the  plain 
Shouting  the  battle-cry  of  Freedom. 

Chorus  : — The  Union  forever,  hurrah  boys,  hurrah, 
Down  with  the  traitor,  up  with  the  star. 
While  we  rally  round  the  flag,  boys,  rally  once  again. 
Shouting   the   battle-cry   of    freedom. 

We  are  springing  to  the  call  of  our  Brothers  gone  before, 

Shouting   the   battle-cry   of   Freedom, 
And  we'll  fill  the  vacant  ranks  with  a  million  freemen  more, 

Shouting  the  battle-cry  of  Freedom. 

We  will  welcome  to  our  numbers  the  loyal,  true  and  brave, 

Shouting  the  battle-cry  of  Freedom, 
And  although  they  may  be  poor,  not  a  man  shall  be  a  slave, 

Shouting  the  battle-cry  of  Freedom. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Star  Spangled  Banner. 

Solo — Men's     Voices,     Grand     Chorus,     Veteran     Union 
League  and  Audience. 

Oh  !  say  you  can  see,  by  the  dawn's  early  hght 
What  so  proudly  we  hail'd  at  the  twilight's  last  gleaming, 

Whose  stripes  and  bright  stars,  through  the  perilous  fight, 
O'er  the  ramparts  we  watch'd,  were  so  gallantly  streaming ; 

And  the  rocket's  red  glare,  the  bombs  bursting  in  air. 

Gave  proof  throtigh  the  night  that  our  flag  was  still  there! 

Chorus  : — Oh  say,  does  that  star  spangled  banner  yet  wave 

O'er  the  land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave? 

Oh !  thus  be  it  ever  when  freemen  shall  stand. 

Between  their  lov'd  home  and  the  war's  desolation, 
Blest  with  vic'try  and  peace,  may  the  heav'n  rescued  land, 

Fraise  the  pow'r  that  hath  made  and  preserved  us  a  nation. 
Then  conquer  we  must,  when  our  cause  it  is  just, 
And  this  be  our  motto,  "In  God  is  our  trust." 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMBS  J.  HEALY. 


The  Vacant  Chair. 

Solo— Children's    Voices,    Grand    Chorus,    Veteran    Union 
League  and  Audience. 
We  shall  meet,  but  we  shall  miss  him, 

There  will  be  one  vacant  chair; 
We  shall  linger  to  caress  him, 

While  we  breathe  our  evening  pray'r, 
When  a  year  ago  we  gathered, 

Joy  was  in  his  mild  blue  eye. 
But  a  golden  chord  is  severed. 

And  our  hopes  in  ruin  lie. 

Chorus  : — We  shall  meet,  but  we  shall  miss  him. 
There  will  be  one  vacant  chair. 
We  shall  linger  to  caress  him. 

When  we  breathe  our  evening  prayer. 

True,  they  tell  us  wreaths  of  glory 

Ever  more  will  deck  his  brow, 
But  this  soothes  the  anguish  only 

Sweeping  o'er  our  heartstrings  now. 
Sleep  to-day,  O  early   fallen, 

In  thy  green  and  narrow  bed, 
Dirges  from  the  pine  and  cypress 

Mingle  with  the  tears  we  shed. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAME«  J.  HliJALY. 


When  Johnny  Comes  Marching  Home. 


Laml)ert 

Grand  Chorus,  Veteran  Union  League  and  Audience. 
When  Johnny  comes  marching  home  again, 

Hurrah !  hurrah ! 
We'll  give  him  a  heart.v  welcome  then, 

Hurrah  !  hurrah  ! 
The  men  will  cheer,  the  boys  will  shout. 
The  ladies  they  will  all  turn  out. 

Chorus  :— And  we'll  all  feel  gay  when  Johnny  comes  marching  home. 

Get  ready  for  the  Jubilee, 

Hurrah !  hurrah  1 
We'll  give  the  hero  three  times  three. 

Hurrah !  hurrah ! 
The  laurel  wreath  is  ready  now. 
To  place  upon  his  loyal  brow. 

Let  love  and  friendship  on  that  day 

Hurrah !  hurrah ! 
Their  choicest  treasures  then  display, 

Hurrah !  hurrah ! 
And  let  each  one  perform  some  part, 
To   fill   with   joy   the   warrior's   heart. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 


America. 

My  country,  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty. 

Of  thee  I  sing; 
Land  where  my  fathers  died, 
Land  of  the  pilgrim's  pride. 
From  every  mountain  side. 

Let  Freedom  ring. 

Our  fathers'  God,  to  thee. 
Author  of  liberty, 

To  thee  we  sing; 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  freedom's  holy  light; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might, 

Great  God,  our  King. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  81 

PURPOSE  OF  ORGANIZATION. 

The  Veteran  Union  League  of  Chicago  was  organized  in 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty,  for  the  purpose  of  giving  impteus 
to  the  movement  of  building  a  Memorial  Hall,  adapted  to  the 
wants  of  the  various  veteran  organizations  of  the  City  of  Chi- 
cago and  Cook  County,  and  serving  as  headquarters  for  the  vet- 
eran stranger  passing  through  the  city,  and  to  help  mould  a  sen- 
timent specially  looking  to  the  interests  and  general  welfare  of 
those  who  so  valiantly  fought  in  the  cause  of  the  Union  during 
our  late  Civil  war. 

Believing  that  these  interests  were  best  subserved  by  identifi- 
cation with  the  party  representing  advanced  ideas  upon  the  living 
issues  growing  out  of  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  war  for 
the  preservation  of  the  Union,  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party  were  made  the  foundation-stone  of  this  organization,  as 
indicated  by  the  following  clause  in   its   Constitution,   viz.: 

This  Association  shall  be  known  as  the  Veteran  Union  League 
of  Chicago,  and  its  objects  are  to  be  of  a  social  and  political  char- 
acter. 

Social  as  far  as  cultivating,  promoting  and  strengthening  those 
soldierly  and  brotherly  feelings,  which  bound  together  the  com- 
rades of  the  army  and  navy,  who  united  to  support  the  National 
Government  in  its  contest  with  treason,  and  the  suppression  of 
the  late  rebellion  in  the  Southern  States. 

Political,  inasmuch  as  we  believe  in,  and  will  uphold,  aid  and 
defend  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party,  which  are  based 
upon  a  paramount  respect  for,  and  a  fidelity  to,  the  National  Con- 
stitution and  Laws,  which  are  intended  to  encourage  the  spread 
of  universal  liberty,  equal  rights,  and  justice  to  all  men,  regardless 
of  nationality  or  color,  and  to  inculcate  a  higher  appreciation  of 
the  value  and  sacred  obligations  of  American  citizenship,  and  to 
aid  in  the  enforcement  of  all  laws  enacted  to  preserve  the  purity 
of  the  ballot  box. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Complete  Roster  of  the  Veteran  Union  League  in  1888. 


Allen,   Frank  S Active. 

Adams,    Abbott    L.. 

Adams,   Geo.   E 

Avery,    William    ...  " 


Adler,  Dankmar. 
Abbott,  Dr.  G.  B 
Aldrich.   Jas.   V.  . 

Alexander,  H.  C. 
Andrus,   W.    D.    E 


Woodstock,  111. 

Chicago 

.Associate.  Chicago 

Richmond,  111. 
Chicago 
.Active .... 

Rockford,  111. 

Chicago 

Chicago 
Chicago 
Chicago 
Chicago 
Chicago 
Chicago 


Battershall,    Frank.  Act 
Brooks,   Edwin   F.  .. 
Bluthardt,   Dr.   T.  J. 

Ball,    Farlin    Q 

Beye,  William  .... 
Burkert,  Erast  J.  .. 
Benze,  Hermann... 
Burst,   John   W 

Sycamore,  111. 

Boyd,    T.    C "  Chicago 

Brainard,    W.    N Associate. Chicago 

Becker,    Charles.  .  ..Active.  ..  . 

Belleville,  111. 
Barker,  Jno.  C .  .  .  .  Active ....  Chicago 
Bacon,    Roswell    B .  .Associate .  Chicago 

Blount,    F.    M "  Chicago 

Boyden,    A.    H Active ..  .Deceased 

Best,    Henry    Associate  .Chicago 

Blake,    E.    Nelson...  "  Chicago 

Burns,    John    "  Chicago 

Beem,    Martin    Active ...  Deceased 

Bradish,    A.    B "      Ottawa,  111. 

Berggren,    A.    W.  .  ..Associate 

Galesburg,  111. 

Bradley,    U    M Active Chicago 

Brown,   Theodore  F.  "  Chicago 

Coulston,    Wm.    H  ...Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Clark,    David    W...          "  Chicago 

Cotton,  Dr.  Alfred  C.         "  Chicago 

Clarke,   Thos.   C...          "  Chicago 

Calkins,   T.    E "  Chicago 

Connolly,   Jas.    A  .  .  . 

Springfield.  111. 

Crews,    Seth    F Associate  .Chicago 

Calder,   Arthur  J  ..  .Active ....  Chicago 

Carr,    Clark    E Associate 

Galesburg,  111. 

Chetlain,    A.    L Active.  ..  .Chicago 

Calhoun,    W.    F "     Clinton,  111. 

Camp,  Dr.   CD....          "  Chicago 

Calkins,    E.    A "  Chicago 


Dibble.    Chas.    A Active Chicago 

Davis,    Geo.    R "  Chicago 

Dement,   Henry   D..  " 

Springfield,  111. 

Doud,     M.     P "  Chicago 

Dehling,    Otto     Associate  .  Chicago 

Dickason.    D.    T  ....  Active  ...  . 

Danville,   111. 

Duffy,    Jos.    P Associate. Chicago 

Dunham,    R.    W.  ...          "  Chicago 

Distin,    Wm.    L Active.  .  Quincy, 111. 

Dillman.    L.    M "  Chicago 

Dietrich.    Henry    S.  "  Chicago 

Ellithorpe,    A.    C  ...  Active  ...  .Chicago 

Evans,    H.    H "     Aurora,  111. 

Erby,    Chas    E Associate. Chicago 

Floyd,    Jno.    R Active ....  Chicago 

Fallows,  Rt.  Rev.  Sam'l  "  Chicago 

Fitch.    John    A "  Chicago 

Farnham.   Geo.    M..  "  Chicago 

Fernald,    J.    W Associate  .Chicago 

Foster,    J.    T Active  ....  Chicago 

Fifer,    Jos.    'W 

Bloomington,  111. 
Farmer,  Geo.  T. ..  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Funk.    B.    F 

Bloomington,  111. 
Finerty.  Jno.  F.  ...  Active  ....  Chicago 
Fisk,    Henry    E "  Chicago 

Gross.    Jacob    Active.  ..  .Chicago 

Graves.    Niel    S "  Chicago 

Cleghorn,    James...  "  Deceased 

Gilmore,    O.    H Associate 

Woodstock,  111. 

Gibbs,   Geo.    A Associate. Chicago 

Gault,    T.    B "  Chicago 

Gilbert.    Jas.    H....  "  Chicago 

Gleason,    H.    J Active  ...  .Chicago 

Gerry,    Henry    E....  "  Chicago 

Gunlock,    Phil    E...          "  Chicago 

Goodman,    J.    E "  Chicago 

G-leason.    W.    H Associate .  Chicago 

Hanchett.    Seth    F.  .  Active  ...  .Chicago 

Healy,    John    J "             Chicago 

Healy,   James  J....  "             Chicago 

Hogin,    O.    E "             Chicago 

Herrick,    Chas.    K .  .  "             Chicago 

Hamburgher,    E.    C.  "             Chicago 

Huther,    Edward    .  .  "             Chicago 

Handy,    Henry    H..  "             Chicago 

Harper,   Wm.   H "             Chicago 

Hilliard,  Hiram   ...  "  Deceased 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HBALY. 


Harvey,  Joseph  ...  Associate  .  Chicago 
Hamilton,  Jno.  IM  ..  Active  ...  .Chicago 
Hamlin,   Chas.    J...          "  Chicago 

Hill,    Francis    H....  "  Chicago 

Hersey,    John    "  Chicago 

Hanecy,  Elbridge.  .Associate. Chicago 
Hall,    Richard    B .  .  .  Active ....  Chicago 

Hough,    S.    L Associate. Chicago 

Hardy,    Chas  M....          "  Chicago 

Herman,    J.    J Active.  ...  Chicago 

Holabird,   Wm Associate. Chicago 

Hopkins,    A.    J "  Chicago 

Hall,    William    Active.  ..  .Chicago 

Hall.    Chas.    F "  Chicago 

Hebel,    Louis    "  Chicago 

Head,    E.    F Associate  .Chicago 

Hogan,   Daniel    .  .  .  .Active.  .  .  . 

Mound  City,  111. 
Heistant.  Henry  .  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Hoyt,  Henry  W.  B. .  "  Chicago 

Hertz,  Henry  L,.  ...  Associate  .Chicago 
Hemstreet,   W.   J.  .  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 

Jacobs,    Lewis    F.  .  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 

Jackson,    J.    W "  Chicago 

Jones,  J.   Blackburn         "  Chicago 

Judah,    Noble   B.  ..  .Associate. Chicago 

Kendall.    Jno.    S  ....  Active  ...  .Chicago 

King.    Wm.    H "  Chicago 

Kantzler,    Fred    M..  "  Chicago 

Kelley,  Henry  C.  .  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Keeler,   Wm.   Betts.  "  Chicago 

Kerr,    Samuel     Associate. Chicago 

Kaufman,  W.  S.  .  ..Active.  ...  Chicago 
Kleist,    Albert     "  Chicago 

Lane,  Dr.  Jos.  S.  .  .Active  ...  .Chicago 
Logan,    John    A....          "  Deceased 

Loeb,  William    "  Chicago 

Leddy,    James     ....  "  Chicago 

Ludevi^ing.    Wm.     .  .  "  Chicago 

Lyon,    David   J "  Chicago 

Loop,    Chas.    B " 

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Morgan,    Jas.     W.  ..  Active  ....  Chicago 

Matson.    Canute    R.  "  Chicago 

McGrath.    Patrick..  "  Chicago 

Miller,    Truman    W.  "  Chicago 

Miksch.    Aaron    J...  "  Chicago 

Mayer,    Leopold....  "  Chicago 

Montgomery.   E.   H .  "  Chicago 

Mahoney,    Jas.    V...  "  Chicago 

Manning,   W.    R....  "  Newton.  la. 

Matteson,   C.   F "  Chicago 

Morrison,    W.    M ....  Associate  .Chicago 

McCord,   Jno.    C...  "  Chicago 

McElherne,    P.    T...  "  Chicago 

Manning,    Wm.    J.  .  "  Chicago 


Morgan,  Francis  A.  Active  ...  Deceased 
McClcllan,    Thos.    S.  "  Chicago 

McNulta,    John     .... 

Bloomington.  111. 

Nordhem,  J.  B  ....  Active.  ...  Chicago 
Nutting.  Jno  C ...  .Associate. Chicago 
Nickerson,    D.    W...         "  Chicago 


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Purington,   D.   V "  Chicago 

Patterson,    Nelson..         ''  Chicago 

Parker,    Thos.    A...          "  Chicago 

Page.    Wm.    R "  Chicago 

Potter,    A.    C "  Chicago 

Palmer,  Jno.  W.  .  ..Associate. Chicago 
Parker.    Walter   S..          "  Chicago 

Phillips,  Jos.  S.  ..  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Pechota,    Frank    J.. Associate. Chicago 

Randolph,    S.    M  ...  .Active  ....  Chicago 

Ryan,    D.    W "  Chicago 

Rose,   Wm.   H "  Chicago 

Rumsey,    Jno.    W.  ..         "  Chicago 

Rector,   Chas.    E....  "  Chicago 

Reich,    John    Associate. Chicago 

Raymond.    Sam'l    B.         "  Chicago 

Roche,   John   A "  Chicago 

Roper,    Geo.    S Active.... 

Rockford,  111. 
Richards,    E.    E Active .... 

Woodstock,  111. 
Rinaker,    John    I ...  .Active.  ..  . 

Carlinville,  111. 

Reuter,    H.    F Active 

Nashville,  111. 

Reade,    A.    D "     Batavia,  111 

Riderburg,  S.  W.  ..  Associate  .  Chicago 
Smith.  Robt.  W.  ..  .Active  ...  .Chicago 
Scribner,   Wiley   S..          "  Chicago 

Smale,    Chas.    F....  "  Chicago 

Sexton.    James   A...         "  Chicago 

Stockton.    Joseph...         "  Chicago 

Southworth,  Wm.  L.         "  Chicago 

Stewart.   Jas.   E....         "  Chicago 

Sherwln,    Ezra   B.  .. 

Norwood  Park 
Swin.    Edgar    D ....  Active ....  Chicago 

Smith.    Eli    "  Chicago 

Straub.    John    A....  "  Chicago 

Sweetser,    A.    C 

Bloomington,  111. 

Smith,    Jno.    C Active  ....  Chicago 

Smith.    Elvin   H....  "  Chicago 

Scharlau,   Chas.    E..         "  Chicago 

Swigert,    Chas.    P    .. 

Springfield,  111. 
Stinson,    Jno.    F.  ..  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 


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Smyth,    Jno.    M  .  .  .  . 

Slosser,    Mac    

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South  worth,    G.    S.  . 

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Towne,    Orrin   C.  .     . 

Thompson,    H.    P.  .  . 

Umbdenstock,     M. .  .  Active ....  Chicago 

Vanderpoel,    Jno Associate. Chicago 

Varnum,  Clark  ....  "  Newton,  la. 
Vocke,  William  ..  .Active.  ..  .Chicago 
Vliet,    E Associate. Chicago 

"WlUett,  Consider  H. Active.  .  .  .Chicago 

Woolley,  G.  A "  Deceased 

White,   Julius    "  Chicago 

Walcott,    Aaron    F..         "  Chicago 

'Woodman,  Chas.  W.  "  Chicago 

Whitten,    C.    C Associate. 

Toledo.  la. 
Wilson,    Robt.    F...  Active Chicago 


Wright,    A.     S 

Woodstock,  111. 

Watson,    A.    H "  Chicago 

Whitman,    J.    A  .  .  .  .  "  Chicago 

White,    G.    Frank...  "  Chicago 

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Wagner,    D.    S "  Chicago 

Woodward,    Jas.    L, .  "  Chicago 

Willitts,  Geo.  Spenser       "  Chicago 

WulfE,    Henry    "  Chicago 

Wainwright,    J.    W.  "  Chicago 

White,    Henry     Active  ....  Chicago 

Wenrich,    Adam    P.  "  Chicago 


Young,    Wm.    H .  . 
Young,    Albert    W. 


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Zimmerman,    M.    V.  Active  ....  Chicago 
Zimple,   Henry   R...  "  Chicago 

Zimmerman,    N.    B  .  Associate  .Chicago 

Chas.   L.  Easton Chicago 

Wm.  T.  Johnson Chicago 

John  C.  Dore Chicago 

Louis  Hutt    Chicago 

Jno.    Lyle   King Chicago 

Mason  B.   Loomis Chicago 

B.    R.    Bliss Chicago 

G.  N.  Lydston Chicago 

Dr.  J.  L.   Clapp Chicago 

H.    S.    Winslow Newton,    la. 

B.  Jordan    Chicago 

Ferdinand  W.  Peck Chicago 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  85 

MEMORABLE  CAMPAIGN  SERVICE. 

October  6th,  1896,  Colonel  Healy,  as  stated,  took  com- 
mand of  the  Heroes'  Battalion,  in  compliance  with  the  fol- 
lowing orders,  viz : 

"Chicago,  April  3rd.  1896. 

"The  following  detail  under  the  management  of  the  Veteran 
Union  League  will  report  to  Charles  P.  Hitch,  Chairman  of  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee,  on  October  6,  1896,  for  active 
duty,  at  the  I.  C.  R.  R.  depot.  No.  1  Park  Row,  to  leave  with  train 
at  7  p.  m. 

"Detail  for  Gun — Sergt.  Samuel  W.  Lawrence;  David  Penman, 
No.  1  on  gun;  Walter  Batty,  No.  2  on  gun;  Edwin  Milbrouse,  No. 
3  on  gun;  Clarence  Starling,  No.  4  on  gun;  Henry  Miller,  No.  5 
on  gun;  Eustice  Crudge  and  Edwin  Kirchberg  will  have  charge  of 
powder;  Thomas  P.  Riley  will  have  charge  of  mortar. 

"Captain  James  J.  Healy,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Po- 
litical Action  of  the  Veteran  Union  League  of  Chicago,  will  be  in 
command  of  artillery  and  mortar  during  the  tour  of  the  state,  to  be 
made  by  Generals  Alger,  Sickles,  Howard  and  their  companions. 

"C.  P.  HITCH, 
"Chairman  of  the  State  Republican  Central  Committee." 

This  expedition  on  the  part  of  the  "Flying  Squadron" 
sent  throughout  Illinois  on  the  occasion  of  the  great  presi- 
dential campaign  of  1896  was  a  notable  innovation  in  poli- 
tics, and  was  of  great  service  to  the  Republican  party  in 
the  State.  It  attracted  attention  throughout  the  Union, 
especially  as  its  oratorical  battery  was  composed  of  no  less 
a  company  than  Corporal  James  Tanner,  who  became 
National  Commander  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic ; 
former  Governor  Richard  H.  Oglesby,  Governor  John  R. 


S6  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Tanner,  Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  John  L.  Beveridge,  Gen.  Rus- 
sell A.  Alger,  Gen.  Daniel  Sickles,  John  M.  Hamilton  and 
Gen.  Thomas  J.  Stewart,  Adjutant  General,  Pennsylvania 
National  Guards.  The  late  James  B.  Bradwell,  Cook 
county's  pioneer  County  and  Probate  Judge,  who  possessed 
a  vast  knowledge  of  men  and  affairs,  made  the  following 
comments  in  the  Chicago  Legal  News  on  the  famous  trip 
by  the  "Governors'  Flying  Squadron"  through  Illinois : 

"Major  Healy  did  valiant  service  during  the  State  and 
National  Republican  campaigns  for  Governor  Tanner  and 
President  McKinley  and  the  tickets  they  represented.  He 
was  in  charge  of  the  'Governors'  Flying  Squadron,'  which 
consisted  of  a  large  train  of  cars,  upon  which  was  Governor 
Tanner,  and  all  living  Republican  ex-Governors  of  the  State. 
One  car  was  fitted  up  in  true  military  style  with  a  twelve- 
pound  brass  cannon  and  a  mortar.  This  train  was  run 
over  the  principal  railroads  of  the  State  and  stopped  from 
thirty  to  sixty  minutes  at  the  principal  cities  of  the  State. 
For  miles  before  he  reached  city.  Major  Healy  would  open 
fire,  and  when  the  train  stopped  the  ex-Governors  would 
emerge  from  their  fort,  show  themselves  upon  the  platform 
and  open  fire  in  oratory  as  vigorously  upon  the  opposing 
party  as  Major  Healy  had  with  the  artillery. 

"Major  Healy  had  charge  of  the  Patriots  Heroes'  Bat- 
talion, which  was  taken  through  the  State  upon  a  train, 
in  like  manner  as  the  'Governors'  Flying  Squadron.'  The 
men  in  this  battalion  who  made  the  speeches  were  some  of 
the  ablest,  bravest  and  most  distinguished  Generals  of  the 
late  war.  The  effect  of  their  charges  of  oratory  was  ir- 
resistible, and  there  is  no  estimating  the  influence  this  bat- 
talion had  upon  the  voters  of  this  State.  This  was  an  en- 
tirely new  mode  of  campaigning.     We  have  no  doubt  it 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  87 

will  be  followed  in  the  future.  The  idea  of  announcing  the 
coming  of  a  political  railroad  train  laden  with  orators  by 
the  firing  of  cannon,  and  halting  only  thirty  or  sixty  minutes 
for  speeches  and  for  meeting  the  people,  and  then  with 
lightning  speed  approaching  the  next  city  in  like  manner, 
not  only  excited  the  people,  but  called  them  out." 

TRIBUTE  OF  VETERAN  UNION  LEAGUE. 

As  a  mark  of  the  esteem  in  which  Colonel  Healy  was 
held  by  the  Veteran  Union  League,  of  which  he  became  a 
member  October  6,  1880,  retiring  as  President  February  5, 
1890,  the  organization  met  January  1,  1890,  and  adopted  the 
following  preamble  and  resolution : 

"Whereas,  Fidelity  to  duty,  enthusiasm  in  its  performance,  suc- 
cess in  its  accomplishment,  approbation  of  friends,  associates  and 
comrades  of  the  results  attained,  constitute  all  the  elements  which 
stamped  as  successful  the  official  career  of  an  executive  officer. 
These  qualities  have  in  the  highest  degree  been  combined  in  the 
administration  of  our  retiring  President,  CAPTAIN  JAMES  J. 
HEALY. 

"Through  his  efforts  and  by  his  wise  and  careful  supervision,  the 
League  has  been  placed  upon  a  firm  financial  basis,  and  has  been 
elevated  to  a  position  of  social  and  political  importance  never  before 
attained  by  any  similar  organization;  therefore 

"Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  each  and  every  member  of  the 
League  are  hereby  tendered  to  Captain  James  J.  Healy  for  his 
fidelity  at  all  times  to  its  best  interests,  and  that  in  laying  down 
the  trust  he  has  so  well  administered,  and  retiring  from  the  office 
he  has  so  impartially  filled,  he  carries  with  him  the  respect  and  the 
best  wishes  of  the  entire  membership  of  the  Veteran  Union  League. 

D.  W.  CLARK,  President, 
ERAST.  J.  BURKERT,  Secretary. 
N.  A.  REED,  JR., 

E.  A.  CALKINS, 
W.  S.  COY, 

Committee." 


SS  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  Hl^ALY. 

Memorial  Day  Services 

It  was  Col.  Healy's  privilege  to  act  as  chief  marshal 
of  the  Memorial  day  parade  of  1907,  on  which  occasion 
Chicago  witnessed  a  splendid  phalanx  of  veterans  of  the 
war  of  the  rebellion,  the  conflict  with  Spain  in  connection 
with  Cuba  and  the  Philippines,  as  well  as  a  sprinkling  of 
regulars  who  saw  service  in  connection  with  the  Boxer 
troubles  in  China.  The  appearance  of  the  local  regiments 
of  the  Illinois  National  guard,  the  United  States  troops  from 
Fort  Sheridan,  and  the  men  of  the  Naval  militia  was  re- 
marked upon  as  most  creditable. 

Herewith  is  Col.  Healy's  commission  as  chief  marshal 
of  the  parade  issued  by  the  Memorial  Association  of  Cook 
county  through  Henry  S.  Dietrich,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee : 

Headquarters,   Grand   Army  of  the   Republic, 

Memorial  Association  of  Cook  County, 

Memorial  Hall. 

Chicago,  111.,  March  18th,  1907. 
Lt.   Col.  James  J.   Healy, 

558  Rookery  Bldg.,  Chicago. 
Dear  Sir  and  Comrade: 

I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements   of  Memorial   Day  Parade,  held   Saturday, 
March  16th,  1907,  you  were  selected  as  Chief  Marshal  of  the  Parade. 
Your  early  acceptance  will  be  highly  appreciated. 
Yours  in  F.  C.  &  L., 

HENRY  S.  DIETRICH, 

Chairman  of  Committee. 

Chicago,  March   19,  1907. 
Col.  Henry  S.  Dietrich, 

Chairman  of  Committee  on  Memorial  Day  Parade. 
Sir: 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  communica- 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  89 

.•ion  advising  me  of  my  selection  as  Chief  Marshal  of  Memorial 
Day  Parade,  May  30th,  1907.  I  accept  this  great  honor  and  thank 
my  comrades  sincerely  for  their  favorable  consideration  and  will 
use  my  best  endeavor  in  connection  with  your  Committee  to  make 
the  Parade  a  deserved  success.  I  remain,  yours  most  respectfully 
in  F.  C.  &  L. 

JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

The  chief  marshal's  staff  on  the  occasion  of  the  parade 
incktded  Col.  Charles  R.  E.  Koch,  adjutant-general;  C.  S. 
Bentley,  chief  of  staff;  and  Elliott  Durand,  senior  aide-de- 
camp. Following  are  the  general  orders  issued  for  the 
occasion : 

Chicago,  May  25,  1907. 
Headquarters  Memorial  Day  Parade. 
General  Orders  No.  6: 

The  Memorial  Day  Parade  will  move  north  in  Michigan  Boule- 
vard from  the  intersection  of  25th  street  promptly  at  3  p.  m.,  on 
Thursday,  May  30th,  in  the  following  order: 

Escort  of  Mounted  Park  Police. 

Escort  of  Mounted  City  Police,  Lt.  Chas.  C.  Healey,  Commanding. 

Chief  Marshal,  Lt.  Colonel  James  J.  Healy. 

Staff,  Col.  Charles  R.  E.  Koch,  Adjutant  General. 

Gen.  C.  S.  Bentley,  Chief  of  StafT,  Col.  Elliott  Durand,  Senior  Aide. 

Aides. 

Col.  Henry  H.  Gage.  Capt.    L.    W.    Nevius. 

Major  F.  P.  Grandon.  Col.  F.  J.  Carmon. 

Capt.  F.  V.  Christian.  Capt.  G.  A.  Larson. 

Capt.  A.  F.  Lorenzen.  Capt.  M.  E.  Dickson. 

Capt.  J.  E.  Hayes.  Capt.  John   M.   Hubbard. 

Capt.  J.  L.  Bennett.  Capt.  George  S.  Stone. 

Capt.  M.  A.  LaBuy.  Major  R.  F.  Wilson. 

Major  J.  H.  Giol.  Major  J.  Waldo  Howe. 

Major  Alfred  Russell.  Capt.    R.    M.    Patterson. 

Capt.  S.  S.  Webb.  Capt.    Orrin    Bates. 

Col.  S.  B.  Thompson,  Capt.  James   Horess. 

Capt.  Louis  A.  Boenig.  Capt.  T.   E.   Gurney. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Capt.  Carl  Ziegfeld.  Capt.  A.  W.  Nelson. 

Capt.  Leander  Haynes.  Capt.  Moses  Crumbine. 

Capt.  M.  J.  Sheridan.  Capt.  J.  A.  Coe. 

Capt.  George  Trayes.  Major  James  H.  Hubbard. 

Capt.  James  P.  Lockwood.  Capt.  Maurice  Woolman. 

Capt.   Matt  Howlett.  Col.  L.  T.  Dickason. 

Major  Henry  R.  Kent.  Capt.  James  H.  Farrell. 

Col.  Hugh  T.  Reed.  Dr.  J.  Z.  Bergeron. 

Capt.   Edward   Roby.  Col.    Fred   Spink. 

Capt.  Charles  F.  Smale.  Capt.  Albert  E.  Weed. 

Capt.  H.  C.  Freese.  Col.   F.   P.  Simmons. 

Col.    Isadore    Eisenstaedt.  Capt.  Henry  G.  Browning. 
Capt.    Edward   S.   Miller. 

1st  Division,  G.  A.  R.  Veterans. 

J.   M.   Emery,    Marshal. 
Col.   Q.    H.   Chapin,   Asst.   Adjt.   General. 

Major  J.   B.  Sine,   Chief  of  Staff. 
Major  J.  C.  Bohart,  Senior  Aide-de-Camp. 

Aides. 

Capt.  Jas.  E.  Adams.  Capt.  Wolf  Hirsch. 

Capt.  Chas.  E.  Affeld.  Capt.  Richard  Jones. 

Capt.  Christn.  Bark.  Capt.  J.  M.  Keeney. 

Col.  W.  H.  H.  Barker.  Capt.  Jno.  C.  Kilgore. 

Capt.  C.  C.  Bone.  Capt.  Peter  Ott. 

Capt.  Jno.  R.  Bowman.  Capt.  A.  E.  Selleck. 

Capt.  Jno  R.   Buchan.  Capt.  Geo.  Trayes. 

Capt.  H.  C.  Colvin.  Capt.    W.    W.    Wells. 

Capt.  E.  H.  Ellett.  Capt.  O.   E.  Wells. 

Capt.  Jas.  Gill.  Capt.  Theo.   Wiederhold. 

Maj.  W.  B.  Grimes.  Col.  Chas.  A  Winn. 

Capt.  Jas.  Hoover.  Col.  S.  A.  Moflfett 

G.  A.  R.  Posts  and  Commanders. 

George  H.  Thomas,  No.  5 R.  H.  Peterson. 

W.  B.  Hazen,  No.  7 J.  W.  Trenary. 

Lyon,    No.   9 L.  C.  Higby. 

U.  S.  Grant,  No.  28 John   S.  Varley. 

George  A.  Custer,  No.  40 Wm.  H.  Bennett. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  91 

John    Brown,   No.  50 Peter  B.  Jones. 

Abraham  Lincoln,  No.  91 Jesse  J.   Cook. 

Ambrose  E.  Burnside,  No.  109 John  M.  Kraut. 

Gen.  T.  W.   Sweeney,   No.  275 H.  H.  Hubbard. 

Kilpatrick,  No.  276 C.  W.  Sholes. 

Col.  J.  A.  Mulligan,  No.  306 Robt.  S.  Bennett. 

Gen.  L.  Blenker,  No.  376 J.    E.   McGowan. 

Godf ray  Weitzel,   No.  425 E.  E.  Clapp. 

George  G.  Meade,  No.  444 Frank  C.   Needham. 

Winfield  Scott,  No.  445 E.  B.  Linder. 

L.  H.  Drury,   No.  467 C.  W.  Clark. 

Blue  Island,   No.  473 William   Haas. 

G.  W.  Spencer,  No.  489 F.  C.  Propper. 

John  B.  Wyman,  No.  521 Henry  C.  McCurley. 

Gen.  John  A.  Logan,  No.  540 W.   E.  Church. 

Gen.  Silas  Casey,  No.  555 C.  E.  Shelhamer. 

Winfield  S.  Hancock,  No.  560 J.  F.  Langguth. 

Washington,  No.  573 V.    D.    Hubbell. 

Farragut,   No.  602 George  Goldbronson. 

Phil  Sheridan,  No.  615 Ivory  H.  Pike. 

Hiram  McClintock,  No.  667 P.  W.  Coates. 

Wilcox,  No.  668 Wm.  D.  Giesmann. 

William  McKinley,  No.  701 Mathias  Weber. 

Columbia,    No.   706 James  C.  Irey. 

Gen.  E.  Hatch,  No.  713 John  H.  Clemens. 

Harvey,    No.   724 Milton  H.  Myers. 

Cumberland,  No.  737 R.   R.  Sampson. 

Julius  White,  No.  740 Lawrence  Lent. 

Edward  Payson  Pitkin,  No.  743 W.  H.  McWade. 

Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  No.  754 Henry  C.  Cooper. 

James  A.  Sexton,  No.  759 Daniel    McKinley. 

Gen.  Willich,  No.  780 Adolph  Steiner. 

Gen.  William  E.  Stron,  No.  790 W.  H.  Sampson. 

Old  Glory,  No.  795  W.  W.  Fletcher. 

This  Division  having  formed  in  Michigan  Avenue,  right 
resting  on  16th  Street,  will  remain  there  awaiting  the  ar- 
rival of  the  column  of  Parade.  As  soon  as  the  Chief  Marshal 
and  his  stafif  have  passed  this  division  will  break  into  the 
column,   the   second   division  having  halted   south   of   16th 


92  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Street  to  permit  this  movement.  The  Marshal  of  the  second 
division  will  resume  the  march  as  soon  as  the  left  of  the 
veteran  division  is  in  the  parade  column. 

Second  Division,  National  Guard  of  Illinois. 

Governor  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Commander-in-Chief. 

Staff. 

Gen.  T.  W.  Scott,  Adjt.  Gen. 

Col.  E.  R.  Bliss,  Judge  Advo.  Gen. 

Col.  H.  S.  Dietrich,  Gen.  Inspt.  R.  P. 

Col.   N.  Senn,   Surgeon,   Gen. 

Aides. 

Col.  B.  A.  Eckhart,  Col.  John   R.  Thompson. 

Col.  Ira  C.  Copley, 

Brigadier  General   George   M.   Moulton,   Marshal. 

Lt.  Col.  Alvar  L.  Bournique,  Adjutant  General. 

Lt.   Col.   Holman   G.   Purinton,    Inspector   General. 

Lt.   Col.   Charles  Ailing,  Judge  Advocate. 

Lt.  Col.  Joseph  H.  Barnett,  Chief  I.  R.  P. 

1st  Lt.  Samuel  K.  Martin,  Aid-de-Camp. 

1st.  Lt.   George   H.   Elliott,  Aid-de-Camp. 

Colonel  Stephen  B.  Thompson,  Aid-de-Camp. 

Sergeant  Major  John  W.  Thompson. 

Quartermaster  Sergeant   Percy  A.   Brink. 

Commissary   Sergeant   Ernest   L   Dresher. 

Hospital  Steward  Walter  R.  Krembs. 

Chief  Trumpeter  Andrew  E.  Wolf. 

Ordnance  Sergeant  Fred  Salzer. 

Color  Sergeant  Alexander  F.  Balen. 

Signal  Corps. 

Capt.   John   W.   McConnell,   Commanding. 

1st  Infantry. 

Col.  Joseph  B.  Sanborn,  Commanding. 

Captain   William   J.   Sanderson,   Adjutant. 

2d  Infantry. 

Col.  James  E.  Stewart,  Commanding. 

Capt.  Arthur  D.  Rehm,  Adjutant. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEAL,Y. 

7th  Infantry, 

Col.  Daniel  Moriarty,  Commanding. 
Capt.  Edward  H.  White,  Adjutant. 

2d  Sub-Division. 

Brigadier  General  Edward  C.  Young,  Commanding. 

Staff. 

Lt.   Col.  Lewis  D.   Greene,  Adjutant   General. 

Lt.  Col.  Leo  Wampold,  Insp.  Gen. 

Lt.  Col.  Burnett  M.  Chipperfield,  Judge  Advocate. 

Lt.  Col.  Gordon  Strong,  Chief  L  R.  P. 

Lt.  Col.  T.  Jay  Robeson,   Chief  Surgeon. 

Major  Levin  D.  Gass,  Chief  Quartermaster. 

Major  Henry  C.  Cassidy,  Chief  Commissary. 

1st  Lt.  Hiram  C.  Castor,  Aid-de-Camp. 

1st  Lt.  Lee  A.  McCalla,  Aid-de-Camp. 

Color  Sergeant,   B.   L.   Maloney. 

Quartermaster  Sergeant,  Otto  A.   Kreml. 

8th  Infantry. 
Col.  John   R.   Marshal,  Commanding. 
Capt.  Robert  F.  Radcliffe,  Adjutant. 

1st   Cavalry. 

Col.  Milton  J.  Foreman,  Commanding. 
Capt.  Willis  Counselman,  Adjutant. 

Illinois  Naval  Reserves. 

Capt.    Warren    F.    Purdy,    Commanding. 

3d  Division,  Spanish  War  Veterans. 

Major  Edward  H.  Switzer,  Marshal. 

A.  F.  W.  Siebel,  Adjutant  General. 

Wm.  J.  Umfried,  Chief  of  Staff. 

E.   I.  Wile,   Senior  Aid-de-Camp. 

Jas.  E.  Hill,  Aid-de-Camp. 

C.  A.  Warner,  Aid-de-Camp. 

Geo.  B.  Seiter,  Aid-de-Camp. 

Jos.  P.  May,  Jr.,  Aid-de-Camp. 


94  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Camps  and  Commanders. 

Columbia  Camp,  No.  2 E.  L.  McMicken. 

Capron  Camp,  No.  6 R.  Liebriecht. 

J.  R.  Tanner  Camp,  No.  11 J.  R.  Marshall. 

Wm.  McKinley  Camp,  No.  12 J.  E.  Vannatta. 

Waldron-Murphy   Camp,   No.  29 P.   J.   Skerrett. 

Bohemian-American  Camp,  No.  30 Anthony   Somer. 

Bagley  Camp,  No.  41 W.  M.  Krimbill. 

Society,  Army  of  Santiago Col.    Lauman. 

Society,  Army  of  the  Philippines J.  W.  Goggin. 

Genl.  P.  H.  Sheridan  Garrison,  No.  31 J.  P.  Lockwood. 

-ith  Division,   Independent  Military  Organizations  and  Uniformed 

Rank  of  Benevolent  Orders. 

Col.  Walter  Fieldhouse.  Marshal. 

Capt.   John  J.   Cairns,   Adjutant   General. 

Col.  C.  P.  Stringfield,  Chief  of  Staff. 
Lt.   E.   C.   Luedeka,   Senior  Aid-de-Camp. 
Aides. 
Col.  S.  H.  Morris.  Capt.  H.  H.  Kennedy. 

Capt.  Anson  L.  Bolte.  Capt.   Edgar  R.   Hart. 

Capt.  William  H.  Chenoweth,  Jr.   Capt.   O.   D.   Steele. 
Ensign  J.  Henderson.  Col.  S.  B.  Thompson. 

Capt.  Henry  Johnson. 

Northwestern  Military  Academy,   Major  A.   P.  Davidson. 
First  Regiment  Uniformed  Rank,  K.  of  P.,  Col.  Robt.  Bamford. 
Uniformed   Rank   Modern   Woodmen,   Col.  W.  W.   Stratton. 
14th    Regiment   U.    R.    Knights   of   the    Maccabees,    Col.    H.   S.    H. 
Holbrook. 
Montefiore  Guards,  Capt.  M.  D.  Brownstein. 
Daily  News  Zouaves,  Major  Otto  B.  Relchert. 
Order  of  Red  Men,  Dr.  J.  R.  Price. 
First  Regiment  (Colored),  U.  R.  K.  of  P.,  Col.  R.  A.  Ware. 
Marshall  Cadets,  Capt.  Henry  Johnson. 
Charles  R.  E.  Koch, 

Adjutant-General. 

By  command  of 
LIEUT.-COL.  JAMES  J.  HEALY, 
2d  Infantry,  I.  N.  G., 

Chief  Marshal. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  95 

DISTINGUISHED  VISITORS. 

Among  the  visitors  to  Chicago  who  reviewed  the 
parade  was  Baron  Kuroki,  the  famous  Japanese  warrior  who 
responded  to  the  following  invitation  extended  to  him  by 
the  chief  marshal : 

His  Excellency,  General  Kuroki, 

Auditorium   Hotel,   Chicago. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  behalf  of  the  veteran  soldiers  of  the 
great  war,  in  Chicago,  to  invite  you  to  review  the  military  parade 
of  Memorial  day,  tomorrow  afternoon,  at  3  o'clock,  from  a  point 
opposite  Van  Buren  street,  in  the  Lakeshore  Park. 

Should  you  do  us  the  honor  to  accept  this  invitation,  you  will 
kindly  find  a  carriage  waiting  for  you  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel, 
which  you  and  the  members  of  your  stafif  may  occupy  while  the 
parade  column  passes.  An  officer  of  my  staff  will  be  delegated  to 
attend  you. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  with  great  respect, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY, 

Chief  Marshal. 
Governor  Deneen  of  Illinois  was  invited  to  witness  the 
parade  and  Secretary  of  War  Taft   (afterward  President) 
to  authorize  federal  troops  at  Fort  Sheridan  to  participate  in 
the  same,  as  the  following  correspondence  shows  : 
His  Excellency,  Charles  S.   Deneen, 
Springfield,   Illinois. 
Dear  Sir: 

Having  been  appointed  Chief  Marshal  of  the  Memorial  day 
parade  to  be  held  in  Chicago  on  May  30,  1907,  I  have  the  honor  to 
request  that  you  will  review  the  parade  in  conjunction  with  Gen- 
eral Greely  of  the  United  States  Army,  Commander  of  the  Military 
Division  of  the  Northwest,  and  his  honor  the   Mayor  of  Chicago. 

The  reviewing  party  will  be  mounted  and  stationed  at  a  point 
in  Grant  Park  facing  Van  Buren  street.  The  hour  for  the  parade 
has  not  yet  been  positively  fixed,  but  when  determined  upon  you 
will  be  further  advised. 


96  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

In  extending  this  invitation  I  beg  to  assure  you  that  the  ac- 
ceptance  of  the   same   on  your  part   will   be  gratifying  to   the   vet- 
eran soldiers  of  Cook  County. 
I   have   the  honor  to  be. 

Very   respectfully 

JAMES  J.  HEALY, 

Chief    Marshal. 
Hon  Wm.  H.  Taft, 

Secretary  of  War, 

Washington,  D.  C. 
Through  Commanding  Officer,   Department  of  the   Lakes. 
Sir: 

As  Chief  Marshal  of  the  Cook  County  Memorial  day  parade, 
which  will  take  place  in  the  City  of  Chicago  on  May  30,  I  have  the 
honor  to  request  that  such  troops  from  Fort  Sheridan  as  can  be 
spared  for  the  purpose,  may  be  ordered  to  the  City  of  Chicago  to 
participate  in  the  parade  that  day. 

In  making  this  request  I  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  that  fact 
that  the  participation  of  national  troops  in  this  annual  function  has 
been  greatly  appreciated  by  the  citizens  of  Chicago  as  well  as  the 
veterans  of  the  old  war  and  the  officers  and  men  of  the  National 
Guard  of  Illinois.  It  has  an  inestimable  moral  and  military  eflfect, 
which  has  been  well  understood  by  all  the  parties  concerned  here: 
I   have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  2d  Infantry,  111.  N,  G. 

Chief  Marshal. 

Dear  Sir:  May  2,  1907. 

Replying  to  your  letter  of  the  12th  ultimo,  I  have  to  say  that 
I  am  pleased  to  accept  the  invitation  to  review  the  parade  in  con- 
junction   with    General    Greely,    of    the    United    States    Army,    and 
His   Honor,  the   Mayor  of  Chicago,  on   May  30th   next. 
Yours  truly, 

C.  S.  DENEEN. 
Col.  James  J.   Healy, 

Memorial  Hall, 

Chicago,  Illinois. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  97 

April  19,  1907. 
Col.  Walter  Fieldhouse, 

Chicago. 
Dear  Sir: — 

I  have  been  appointed  Chief  Marshal  of  the  Memorial  Day 
parade  to  take  place  on  May  30,  on  which  day  I  should  be  greatly 
pleased  if  you  will  accept  the  marshalship  of  a  division  in  the 
parade,  to  be  composed  of  Independent  Military  Organizations  and 
Informal  Rank  of  Benevolent  Associations. 

Formal  orders  assigning  you  to  the  command  of  this  Division 
will  be  issued  later  in  the  event  you  honor  me  with  an  acceptance. 
Very  respectfully, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Second  Infantry,  111.  N.  G.,  Chief  Marshal. 

Chicago,  June  7,  1907. 
Colonel   James   J.    Healy, 

Chief  Marshal  Memorial  Day  Parade. 
My   Dear   Colonel: — 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  valued  com- 
munication of  June  1,  1907,  and  to  express  my  appreciation  of  the 
very  complimentary  tribute  you  have  paid  to  the  Fourth  Division. 
I  have  participated  in,  or  been  a  witness  of  Grand  Army  pa- 
rades during  the  past  thirty-six  years,  and  it  is  only  justly  due  to 
you,  as  Chief  Marshal  on  Memorial  day,  to  remark  that  I  have 
never  seen  a  military  parade  conducted  with  more  precision,  or 
better  commanded. 

Your  published  orders  were  explicitly  obeyed;  formation  was 
complete  in  all  details,  and  the  martial  bearing  of  your  entire  com- 
mand was  most  excellent.     I  desire  to  compliment  you  very  highly. 
Very  respectfully, 

WALTER  FIELDHOUSE, 
Colonel  and  Inspector  General  111.  N.  G.,  Marshal  Fourth  Division 
Memorial   Day   Parade. 

Chicago,  June  1,  1907. 
Major  Edward  H.  Switzer, 

Marshal  Third  Division  Memorial  Day  Parade. 
Dear  Sir:-  - 

Befori    divesting  myself  entirely  of  the  duties  and  responsibili- 


98  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

ties  as  chief  marshal  on  Memorial  day  parade,  I  feel  it  my  duty 
and  pleasure  to  express  to  you  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  services 
on  Memorial  day  rendered  by  the  veterans  of  the  Spanish  war  and 
Philippine  insurrection,  and  other  commands  composing  your  divi- 
sion. They  were  a  great  feature  in  the. parade  column.  In  them 
rests  the  promise  that  when  the  veterans  of  the  great  war  shall 
have  passed  off  the  stage.  Memorial  day  will  still  be  sustained  as 
a  day  for  observation  and  reflection  by  patriotic  Americans. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 
JAMES  J.  HEALY,  Chief  Marshal. 

Col.  James  J.   Healy,  Chicago,  June  3,  1907. 

Rookery  Building. 
My  Dear  Colonel: — 

Unofficially  I  wish  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  kind  favor 
of  the  1st  inst.  and  to  thank  you  for  the  kind  words  therein.  I 
wish  to  say  that,  had  I  not  been  tied  up  for  several  weeks  by  the 
sickness  and  Heath  of  my  little  boy,  I  should  have  been  able  to  have 
done  better  work  and  to  have  had  things  more  as  I  could  have 
wished  in  my  division. 

Again,  unofficially — simply  as  your  friend — I  wish  to  congratu- 
late you  and  compliment  you  upon  the  magnificent  parade,  one  of 
the  best,  if  not  the  very  best,  memorial  day  parade  that  I  have 
ever  seen,  much  of  which  was  directly  the  result  of  your  personal 
efforts  and  attention  to  detail,  ability  as  an  organizer  nad  officer. 
It  will  be  a  long  time  before  anyone  will  break  the  record  you 
have  made. 

In  conclusion,  I  wish  to  thank  you  once  more  for  the  honor 
that  you  conferred  upon  me  and  to  say  that  I  am  yours  to  com- 
mand. Yours  very  truly, 

E.   H.   SWITZER. 

James   J.    Healy,  June  6,  1907. 

Lieut.  Col.  2d  Inf.  I.  N.  G. 
My  Dear  Colonel: 

In  reply  to  yours  of  the  4th  inst.,  and  in  behalf  of  the  mounted 
police,  I  wish  to  extend  our  profound  appreciation  of  your  letter 
of   commendation. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  know  that  our  efforts  are  so  appreciated  and 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.   HEALY.  99 

by  one,  too,  who,  being  a  high  military  man,  is  capable  of  judging 
as  to  our  appearance  and  actions. 

As  you  know.  Colonel,  it  is  my  one  ambition  to  perfect  an 
organization  that  will  compare  with  any  of  its  kind,  and  such  a 
letter  as  yours  goes  a  long  way  in  lending  the  men  that  fervor  and 
ambition  which  will  make  them  deserving  of  the  highest  commen- 
dation. 

Any  time  in  the  future  when  we  can  be  of  service  to  you  it 
will  afiford  us  much  pleasure.     Very  respectfully  yours, 

C.  C.  HEALY, 
Lieut.  Commanding  Mounted  Police. 

No.  543  State  Street. 

TESTIMONIALS  OF  FRIENDS. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  retains  many  testimonials 
from  his  personal  friends  and  bodies  of  a  public  and  quasi- 
public  character.  In  1882,  when  it  became  known  that  he 
had  filed  his  application  for  the  position  of  custodian  of  the 
Custom  House  and  Postofifice  in  Chicago  the  Hon.  Jesse 
Spalding,  collector  of  the  port,  received  the  following  letters 
in  commendation  of  him  : 
Hon  Jesse  Spalding, 

Collector   of   Customs,    Chicago. 
Sir: 

The  undersigned  citizens  of  Chicago  take  great  pleasure  in  rec- 
ommending to  you  Major  James  J.  Healy  for  the  position  of  Custo- 
dian of  the  Government  building  in  this  city.  Major  Healy  is  a 
gentleman  of  fine  character  and  undoubted  integrity.  He  has  an 
extensive  acquaintance;  has  always  been  an  active,  hard-working 
Republican;  was  a  soldier  through  the  entire  war;  has  filled  the 
important  and  responsible  position  in  the  Superior  Court  for  the 
past  six  years  with  signal  ability,  and  we  are  satisfied  he  will  fill 
the    office   we    ask   for    him    to    the    entire    satisfaction    of   all   con- 


100  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

cerned.      We   earnestly    hope   it   will    be   your   pleasure    to    appoint 

him. 

(Signed) 

JOSEPH  E.  GARY, 

R.  S.  WILLIAMSON, 
JOHN    A.   JAMESON, 
GEO.   GARDNER, 
ELLIOTT  ANTHONY, 
KIRK  HAWSE, 
SIDNEY  SMITH, 
MASON  B.  LOOMIS, 
WM.  H.  BARNES. 
"I  heartily  endorse  the  above  application. 
(Signed)  "L.  D.  Condee." 

"I  herewith  with  pleasure  endorse  the  written  application. 
(Signed)  "Edward  P.  Hall." 

"Most  heartily  concur  on  the  above. 
(Signed)  "Emory  A.  Storrs." 

"I  know  Mr.  Healy  to  be  competent,  honest  and  deserving,  and 
I   take  pleasure  in  endorsing  him. 
(Signed)  "Wiley   S.   Scribner, 

"President  Union   Veteran  Club." 
'Signed) 

W.  H.  Coulston, 
Secretary  Union  Veteran   Club. 

James  A.  Sexton, 
Marshal  Union  Veteran  League. 
Jacob  Gross, 
Delos  E.  Hall. 
Seth    F.    Hanchett, 
Willis  Howe, 
C.  R.  Matson. 
"I  cheerfully  endorse  the  written  application. 
(Signed)  "John  Stephens, 

"Potter  Palmer." 
"I   most  cheerfully  concur  in  the  above   recommendation  and 
believe  the  gentleman  to  be  deserving  of  the  place. 
(Signed)  "Herman  Benze." 

"I   know  Major  Healy  personally  and   think  him  a    first-class 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY.  101 

man.     These  endorsements  of  so  many  worthy  and  prominent  gen- 
tlemen are  sufficient  guarantee  of  his  character  and  ability.     I  hope 
it  will  be  the  pleasure  of  the  Collector  to  give  him  the  position. 
(Signed)  "Wm.  Aldrich." 

"I  sincerely  hope  you  can  grant  the  prayer  of  the  above  peti- 
tion. 
(Signed)  "E.  R.  Bliss." 

"I  have  known  Major  Healy  intimately  for  a  long  time.  His 
business  qualifications  are  first-class  and  his  Republicanism  is  of  the 
right  stamp.  I  can  cheerfully  endorse  him  and  his  appointment 
would  greatly  please  me  personally. 

(Signed)  "J.  T.  Torrence, 

"D.  J.  Wren." 

Hon.  Jesse  Spalding,  Chicago,  January  25,  1882. 

Dear  Sir: 

I  am  informed  that  James  J.  Healy  is  an'  applicant  for  the  Cus- 
todian of  Custom  House  Building  under  you.  I  simply  desire  to  say 
that  I  have  known  Mr.  Healy  for  several  years;  that  he  has  been 
faithful  and  efficient  in  positions  filled  by  him,  and  that  he  is  an 
active  working  Republican. 

Should  it  be  consistent  with  the  public  service  and  your  other 
obligations  to  appoint  him,  I  think  that  you  will  find  him  to  be  a 
faithful  and  efficient  officer. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 
(Signed)  R.  B.  Bacon. 

Hon.  Jesse  Spalding,  Chicago,  April  29,  1882. 

Col.  Customs,  City. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  understand  that  James  J.  Healy  is  an  applicant  for  the  posi- 
tion of  Custodian  of  Custom  House.  I  have  known  Mr.  Healy  for 
many  years  and  can  safely  say  that  he  is  peculiarly  fitted  to  fill  such 
a  position.  Besides  his  personal  worth,  he  is  a  strong  and  reliable 
Republican. 

Yours  respectfully, 
(Signed)  James  H.  Gilbert. 


102  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

Reverting  to  the  subject  of  Col.  Healy's  connection  with 
the  courts  of  Cook  County  for  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  he  received  the  general  support  of  the  judiciary  of 
three  decades  and  all  of  the  legal  practitioners  of  standing 
at  the  bar  of  the  county  and  such  throughout  Illinois  as  had 
any  business  dealing  with  the  keepers  of  the  records.  He 
was  supported  for  the  chief  deputy  clerkship  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Cook  County  under  successive  administrations, 
lawyers  and  judges,  irrespective  of  their  political  affiliations, 
tendering  him  their  assistance. 

CONNECTION  WITH  POSTOFFICE 

Reverting  to  Colonel  Healy's  connection  with  the  Chi- 
cago postoffice,  the  following  letter,  written  to  him  by  Post-- 
master  John  McArthur,  explains  itself: 

"December  15th,  187'; 
"James  J.  Healy,  Esq. 

"Dear  Sir: — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  yesterday,  ten- 
dering your  resignation  as  clerk  in  the  Registry  Department  o* 
this  ofifice. 

"In  accepting  the  same,  I  beg  to  express  my  satisfactior, 
with  your  official  conduct  during  the  long  period  of  j^our  servir- 
in   the   Chicago   postoffice. 

"With    a   like    fidelity    to    trusts,    and    the    intelligent    and    sat- 
isfactory   performance    of    all    duties    assigned    you,    in    your    new 
field    of    service,    that    has    always    characterized    your    service    at 
this  office,   you   cannot   fail  to  win  a  deserved   success. 
"Respectfully,  etc., 

(Signed)  "J.  AlcArthur,  P.  M." 


BIUGKAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  103 

HAYES   AND  WHEELER   MINUTE   MEN   OF  '76. 
Headquarters  Department  of  Chicago 

Chicago,  111.,  October   18,  1876. 
To  all  whom  these  Presents  Shall  Come,  Greeting: 

Know  ye,  that  JAMES  J.  HEALY,  having  been  duly  ap- 
pointed Provost  Marshal  of  the  Third  Division,  Third  Congres- 
sional District,  Department  of  Chicago,  I.  JOHN  McARTHUR, 
Commander  of  the  Department  of  Chicago,  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
Minute  Men,  do  hereby  commission  him  as  COLONEL  in  said 
organization,  to  take  rank  as  such  from  the  6th  day  of  Septem- 
ber,   1876. 

He  is,  therefore,  carefully  and  diligently  to  discharge  the 
duties  of  said  office  by  doing  and  performing  all  manner  of  things 
thereto  belonging.  And  I  do  strictly  charge  and  require  all  non- 
commissioned officers  and  enlisted  men  under  his  command  to  be 
obedient  to  his  orders;  and  he  is  to  observe  and  follow  such  or- 
ders and  directions,  from  time  to  time,  as  he  shall  receive  from 
me,  or  the  future  Commanding  Officer  of  the  said  organization 
or   other    superior    officers    set    over   him. 

This  commission  to  continue  in  force  until  revoked  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  and  regulations  governing  the  armies  of  the 
United  States. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  headquarters  of  the  Departmen! 
at  Chicago,  111.,  this  18th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord,    one    thousand    eight    hundred    and    seventy-six. 

By  the  Commanding  Officer:  J.  McARTHUR, 

Major-General   Commanding  Dept.   of  Chicago,  3d   Con.   Dist.,   111. 
WM.    C.   CARROLL, 

Colonel  and  Asst.  Adjt.-Gen.  Dept.  of  Chicago. 
Countersigned: 

WILEY   S.    SCRIBNER,   Brig.-Gen.    Comding.    3d    Div. 
OLIN  J.  GARY,  Asst.  Adjt.-Gen.  3d  Div. 


104  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY. 

SUMMARY   OF  CIVIL  CAREER. 

Drillmaster  Chicago  Police  Force,  1869;  being  the 
first  to  drill  the  police  force  with  muskets. 

Clerk  in  the  registry  department,  Chicago  postoffice, 
1871-1875,  resigning  to  accept  a  Deputy  Clerkship  in  the 
Superior  Court  of  Cook  county,  Illinois,  having  filled  the 
position  of  Minute  Clerk,  Chancery  Record  Writer  and 
Chief  Deputy  Clerk  from  1890  to  1905 ;  connected  with  the 
office  from  1875  until  November  1st,  1905,  withdrawing 
to  accept  the  position  of  Assistant  Secretary  with  the  Na- 
tional Surety  Company. 

VISITS  HISTORIC  ALEXANDRIA. 

(Saturday  Evening  Herald,  1894.) 

Col.  Jas.  J.  Healy,  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  Cook  county,  favored  our  representative  with  a  very  in- 
teresting description  of  Old  Alexandria,  as  he  saw  it  while 
on  his  recent  eastern  trip  to  attend  the  Grand  Army  En- 
campment, at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

The  City  of  Alexandria  is  situated  across  the  Potomac 
River  from  Washington,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  im- 
portant ports  of  the  Colonies.  It  was  first  known  as  "Hunt- 
ing Creek  Warshouse,"  afterward  as  "Belhaven."  In  1749 
it  was  organized  and  governed  by  a  board  of  trustees  in 
persuance  of  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony 
of  Virginia  and  fourteen  years  later  we  find  George  Wash- 
ington a  member  of  this  board.  In  1814  it  was  captured  by 
the  British  and  in  1846  it  was  retroceded  to  the  State  of 
Virginia.  The  population  at  present  is  about  8,000  souls, 
the  bodies  containing  them  being  pretty  evenly  divided  be- 
tween white  and  black.    There  is  scarcely  any  business  car- 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  105 

ried  on  in  the  place  and  the  only  attraction  is  the  historic 
interest  of  many  of  the  old  landmarks  of  the  town. 

The  first  one  of  these  antique  places  visited  by  Dr.  J. 
B.  Crandall,  of  Sterling,   III,  and   myself,   was  an  ancient 
two-story  brick  structure  known  as  the   Braddock  House, 
the  building  in  which  General  Washington  first  received  his 
commission  in  the  King's  Army.     The  burying  ground  of 
the   city   is   not   far  from   this   old    structure   and   was   the 
next  place  visited.     There  are  many  marbles  that  mark  the 
resting  place  of  those  who  lived  and  died  a  century  ago. 
On  a  tombstone  marked  1799  appeared  the  following: 
"All  you  that  comes  this  grave  to  see. 
Prepare  yourselves  to  follow  me. 
Repent  and  turn  to  'God'  in  time, 
You  might  be  taken  in  your  prime." 
The  inscriptions  upon  many  of  the  old  tombstones  are 
very   quaint   and  curious.     I   recall   another  being  upon   a 
marble  slab  that  marked  an  infant's  grave,  it  read : 
"Gone  to  Jesus  in  a  fleet 

Never  more  to  kiss  his  Ma 
Never   more   his   little   feet 
Turn  to  meet  his  Pa." 
Passing  from  the  churchyard  into  the  church,  we  were 
shown  the  pew  in  which  George  and  Martha  Washington 
used  to  sit  and  hear  the  long  sermon  and  music  of  the  olden 
time.     The  guide  told  us  that  any  person  who  would   sit 
in  the  pew  would  inevitably  be  afifected  with  drowsiness, 
instead  of  being  filled  with  inspirations.  This  is  undoubtedly 
true  if  one  is  willing  to  sit  long  enough. 

The  Twelve  Old  Colonial  trees  are  still  standing  near 
this  building.  Leaving  this  solemn  old  church  and  grave- 
yard, the  City  Hotel  was  next  visited.     It  is  no  longer  ;a 


106  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

public  house,  but  is  now  used  like  Hawthorne's  "House  of 
the  Seven  Gables"  for  a  number  of  cheap  store  rooms,  still 
there  hangs  over  the  sidewalk,  the  old  balcony  on  which 
Washington  stood  to  enjoy  the  cool  of  the  evening  while 
the  grand  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  the  city  danced  through 
the  hours  of  the  night.  The  next  and  last  place  visited  was 
the  Marshal  House  in  which  Colonel  Ellsworth  was  shot  by 
Jackson  for  tearing  down  the  Confederate  flag,  in  the  early 
part  of  the  war,  and  where  Captain  Brownell  killed  Jackson. 

Alexandria  has  had  its  day.  It  has  stood  the  storm  of 
two  great  wars,  but  now  must  rust  and  crumble  away  like 
the  cannon  that  has  made  its  barren  streets  so  full  of  in- 
terest. To  it  may  aptly  be  applied  the  mournful  epithet,  no 
hope  beyond. 

After  leaving  Alexandria,  from  a  bend  in  the  river 
opposite  Fort  Warburton,  can  be  seen  the  National  Wash- 
ington monument  and  the  dome  of  the  capitol.  From  the 
same  point  we  obtain  our  first  glimpse  of  Mount  Vernon. 
Here,  the  river  is  two  miles  wide  and  the  Mansion  House 
has  a  stately  appearance,  situated  about  two  hundred  feet 
above  the  water.  The  tolling  of  the  bell  and  the  hoisting 
of  the  flag  announce  to  the  passengers  that  they  are  ap- 
proaching the  home  of  Washington.  Immediately  under 
the  blufif  upon  which  the  mansion  stands  is  the  reservation 
of  a  few  acres  which  was  formerly  used  as  a  deer  park. 
Visitors  are  met  at  the  landing  by  the  superintendent  and 
proceed  up  a  gentle  acclivity  to  the  tomb  of  him  who  was 
first  in  war,  first  in  peace  and  first  in  the  hearts  of  his 
countrymen.  Leaving  Washington  on  the  7th,  arrived  in 
Baltimore  that  evening,  remaining  there  two  days  visiting 
Forts  Carroll  and  McHenry  at  the  mouth  of  the  Petobscot 
River,  reached  Pittsburgh  on  the  morning  of  the  9th  inst. 


BIOrxRAl'HV  OF  JAMI3S  J.   HEALY.  107 

Attended  the  Grand  Army  Encampment,  where  I  met  the 
courteous  coroner  of  Alleghany  county,  Major  Herbert  Mc- 
Dowell, whom  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  at  Atlantic 
City.  The  Major  is  a  member  of  Colonel  Glenn's  stafif,  who 
commands  the  Fourteenth  Pennsylvania  National  Guards. 
The  officers  of  this  regiment  are  fine  specimens  of  the  sol- 
dier, a  majority  of  them  having  seen  service  on  many  a 
hotly  contested  battlefield  in  the  cause  for  the  Union  from 
1860  to  1865.  The  Colonel  did  me  the  honor  of  placing  my 
name  on  the  roll  of  staff  and  furnishing  me  with  horse 
and  equipage  for  the  big  parade  at  the  McKeesport  One 
Hundred  Anniversary  Celebration,  his  command  occupying 
the  post  of  honor.  The  regiment  is  thoroughly  equipped 
and  disciplined  and  musters  one  thousand  strong,  rank  and 
file.  Major  McDowell,  the  present  efficient  coroner  of 
Alleghany  county,  is  the  Quarter  Master  of  this  command 
and  is  very  popular  with  the  people,  and  in  all  probability 
will  be  the  next  mayor  of  Pittsburgh. 

BANQUET  HONORING  COLONEL  HEALY. 

(Chicago  Inter  Ocean,  June  22,  1901.) 

James  J.  Healy,  who  was  recently  elected  Lieutenant 
Colonel  of  the  Second  Regiment,  L  N.  G.,  was  the  guest 
of  honor  at  a  banquet  given  by  his  brother  officers  at 
Kinsley's  restaurant  last  night.  Besides  the  officers  of 
the  regiment  many  lawyers  who  are  friends  of  Mr.  Healy 
were  in  attendance.  The  banquet  was  followed  by  an  in- 
formal programme  of  addresses. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Healy,  the  unanimous  choice  of  the 
Second  Regiment  for  the  position  which  he  now  holds, 
began  his  military  career  when   sixteen  years  of  age,  en- 


108  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

listing  in  Company  G  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
Second  Illinois  Infantry  Volunteers  during  the  Civil  War 
for  a  term  of  eight  months.  Later  he  entered  Company  C 
of  the  Twenty-first  United  States  Infantry  and  continued 
in  the  regular  army  until  1869,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged with  the  rank  of  First  Sergeant.  During  the  Civil 
War  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  West,  and  there  Mr. 
Healy  gained  experience  as  an  Indian  fighter.  After  his 
discharge  from  active  service  he  was  Senior  Vice  Com- 
mander of  Ransome  Post,  No.  1,  Departmnet  of  Illinois, 
of  the  G.  A.  R.,  for  a  period  of  two  years,  and  in  1891  was 
chosen  Commander  of  America  Post,  No.  708,  of  which  he 
is  now  Adjutant. 

In  1869  he  was  drillmaster  of  the  city  police  force  and 
was  inspector  of  the  First  Brigade,  I.  N.  G.  Mr.  Healy  is 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court,  having  occupied  that 
position  for  the  last  twent>-four  years. 

EUROPEAN   ITINERARY   OF  COL.   JAMES  J.   HEALY. 
1909. 

July  15 — Leave  Chicago  by  Grand  Trunk  R.  R.  to  Montreal. 

July  17 — Leave  Montreal  by  Allan  Line  S.  S.  "Pretorian."  Ar- 
rive Glasgow;  North  British  Station  Hotel. 

July  27-28 — Leave  Glasgow  via  Loch  Lomond,  Loch  Katrine 
and  Trossachs,  to  Edinburgh;  North  British  Station  Hotel. 

July  28-29— In    Edinburgh,    North    British    Station    Hotel 

July  30 — Leave  Edinburgh  for  Ayr;  Station  Hotel. 

July  31— Ayr  to  Portrush. 

Aug.   1 — In  Portrush. 

Aug.  2 — Side  trip  to  Giant's  Causeway  and  thence  to  Belfast; 
Midland    Station    Hotel. 

Aug.  3 — Afternoon  train  to  Dublin. 

Aug.   4-6— In   Dublin;    Hotel   Metropole. 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HBALY.  109 

Aug.  7 — Dublin  to  Killarney. 

Aug.  8 — At  Killarney;  Great  Southern   Hotel. 

Aug.  9 — By  coach  to  Glengarrifif. 

Aug.  10— At  Glengarrifif;   Roche's  Hotel. 

Aug.  12 — By  coach  to  Bantry  and  rail  to  Cork. 

Aug.  13 — At  Cork,  visit  Blarney  Castle;  Imperial  Hotel. 

Aug.  I'l — Via  Rosslare  and  Fishguard  to  London. 

Aug.  12-20 — In  London;  Hotel  Russell,  Russell  Square. 

Aug.  21 — Via  Calais  to  Paris. 

Aug.  22 — In  Paris;  Grand  Hotel. 

Aug.  23 — Lucerne;  Hotel  Victoria. 

Aug.  24 — Milan;   Grand   Hotel. 

Aug.  25 — To  Venice;   Grand  Hotel  Victoria. 

Aug.  26 — In  Venice — to  Florence;  Grand  Hotel  Victoria. 

Aug.  27 — In  Florence — to  Rome. 

Aug.  28-30— In  Rome;   Hotel  de  Milan. 

Aug.  30-31 — Naples;   Grand  Hotel  Victoria. 

Sept.  1 — Genoa;  Hotel  de  la  Ville. 

Sept.    1 — Marseilles. 

Sept.  2-5 — Paris;  Grand  Hotel  Paris. 

Sept.  6-9 — In  London;  Russell  Hotel,  Russell  Square. 

Sept.  9 — To  Oxford;  Warwick  Arms  Hotel. 

Sept.  10 — Drive  to  Stratford-on-Avon,  Kenilworth  and  back  to 
Warwick,  thence  by  rail  to  Chester;  Queens  Ry.  Hotel. 

Sept.  11 — Chester  to  Liverpool  and  sail  S.  S.  "Compania,"  ' 
p.  m. 

Sept.    18 — Arrive   New   York. 


110  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

Long  Service  in  the  Courts 

Colonel  Healy's  connection  with  the  courts  of  record  in 
Cook  County,  covered  a  period  of  thirty  years,  in  which 
time  he  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  business  of  the  judi- 
ciary and  the  files  and  records  equalled  by  none  other,  and 
of  perculiar  value  to  the  community. 

His  standing  as  a  citizen  and  an  official  can  best  be 
judged  by  the  following  unsolicited  endorsements : 
Hon.   Charles  W.  Vail,  Chicago,    December    1st,    1904. 

Clerk  of  Superior  Court  of  Cook  County. 

Dear  Sir: — We,  the  undersigned.  Judges  of  the  Superior 
Court,  respectfully  represent  that  the  faithful  and  efficient  per- 
formance of  the  duties  pertaining  to  the  office  of  Clerk  of 
this  court  are  of  the  very  highest  importance  in  the  administra- 
tion of  justice  by  the  Judges  thereof.  We  know  by  long  ex- 
perience that  changes  in  the  clerical  force  of  the  Clerk's  office, 
except  for  just  cause,  not  only  tend  to  delay  judicial  proceed- 
ings, to  increase  errors,  and  in  almost  every  way  to  render  the 
efficier\cy    of   judicial    proceedings    uncertain. 

We  regard  it  as  of  the  verj'  first  importance  that  only  n 
trained  and  responsible  clerical  force  be  employed  in  the  dis 
charge  of  the  many  duties  of  the  Clerk  of  this  court.  In  no 
department  of  the  government  is  a  competent,  capable  and  well- 
trained  subordinate  more  essential  than  in  the  office  and  service 
of  a  Court  of  Record. 

We  are  glad  to  say  that  few  complaints  of  any  kind  have 
for  many  years  come  to  our  knowledge  against  the  efficiency, 
promptness  or  integrity  of  the  Clerk's  office  of  our  court,  and 
we  l)elieve  that  no  public  office  has  a  higher  record  for  the  faith- 
ful and  impartial  discharge  of  public  duties.  It  is  with  this 
knowledge  and  for  these  reasons  that  we  earnestly  request  you 
to  retain  Colonel  James  J.  Healy  in  his  position  as  Chief  Deputy 
of  your   office. 

Colonel  Healy  has  been  connected  with  this  court  for  a 
period     of    more    than    twenty-nine    years,    and    has    been     Chief 


■       BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  Ill 

Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  for  sixteen  years  of  that 
time.  He  fully  comprehends  in  general  and  in  detail  every  duty 
and  obligation  involving  upon  the  Clerk's  office;  certainly  v^'ith 
the  highest  degree  of  satisfaction  to  all  of  the  Judges  of  this 
court,   and   we   sincerely   believe,   to   the    Bar   and   the   public   also. 

We  say  without  hesitation  that  we  know  of  no  one  so 
well  qualified  as  Colonel  Healy  for  discharging  efficiently  and 
with  high  credit  the  many  exacting  duties  of  the  otificial  posi- 
tion  he  now   so  acceptably  fills. 

We  should  regard  his  displacement  without  cause  as  a  viola- 
tion of  every  obligation  which  the  public  owes  to  the  officials  and 
most  faithful  servants,  and  especially  of  one  who  for  more  than 
twenty-nine  years  has  in  every  detail  of  all  the  public  duties  which 
have  been  committed  to  him,  proved  both  by  trial  and  experience 
his  fitness  and  fidelity  in  every  way. 

We  ask  you  therefore  most  earnestly,  in  the  interest  of  the 
objects  for  which  our  court  is  maintained,  to  retain  Colonel 
Healy  as  your  Chief  Deputy,  unless  some  substantial  reason  exists 
for  his  removal.  We  are,  Very  respectfully. 

F.  Q.  BALL,  JOSEPH   E.   GARY, 

W.  M.  McEWEN,  JESSE  HOLDOM, 

PHILIP  STEIN,  AXEL  CHYTRAUS, 

HENRY  V.  FREEMAN,  THEODORE  BRENTANO, 

ELBRIDGE  HANECY,  MARCUS    KAVANAUGH, 

A.  C.  BARNES,  ARTHUR  A.  CHETLAIN. 

I    heartily    endorse   the   within    application. 

JOHN  J.   HEALY. 
Chicago,  October  25th,  1905. 
Hon.  Charles  W.  Vail, 

Clerk  Superior  Court,  Chicago. 
Dear  Sir: — We  recognize  the  responsibility  of  the  Clerk  of 
this  court  for  the  proper  conduct  of  the  business  of  his  ofifice, 
and,  therefore,  he  has  the  right  to  choose  his  assistants.  The 
Judges  of  the  court  are.  however,  much  interested  in  the  mannc 
in  which  the   Clerk's   oftice   is   managed. 

Col.    James    J.    Healy    has    had    a    long    experience    as    Chiet 


112 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


Deputy  Clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk,  and  so  far  as  our  obser- 
vation has  extended,  and  also  so  far  as  we  know  the  sentiments 
of  the  Bar,  there  is  no  criticism  to  be  made  of  his  efficiency,  or 
of  his  uniform  courtesy.  We  shall  greatly  regret  if  he  is  dis- 
placed and  a  new  man  without  the  experience  of  Colonel  Healy 
put  in  charge  of  the  Clerk's  office.  Colonel  Healy  has  been  con- 
nected with  this  court  for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years, 
and  has  performed  for  many  years,  and  with  the  highest  degree  of 
satisfaction  to  all  of  the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Court  and,  we 
believe,  to  the  Bar  and  the  public,  the  many  and  exacting  duties 
of  the  position  he  now  so  acceptably  fills. 

We  again  ask  you  in  the  interest  of  the  objects  for  which 
our  courts  are  maintained  to  retain  Colonel  Healy  as  your  Chief 
Deputy.  Very  respectfully. 


JOSEPH  E.  GARY, 
THEODORE  BRENTANO, 
AXEL  CHYTRAUS, 
GEORGE  A.  DUPUY, 
MARCUS  KAVANAUGH, 
W.   McEWEN, 


F.  Q.  BALL, 
HENRY  V.  FREEMAN, 
A.  C.  BARNES. 
ARTHUR  A.  CHETLAIN, 
JESSE  HOLDOM. 


We  concur  fully  in  the  above  recommendation  of  the  Superio! 
Court  Judges. 


FREDERICK  A.  SMITH, 
EDWARD  O.  BROWN, 
GEORGE  KERSTEN, 
THOMAS  G.  WINDES, 
R.   W.   CLIFFORD, 
JULIAN  W.  MACK, 
FRANK  BAKER, 
FRANCIS  ADAMS, 
JOHN  GIBBONS, 


R.  S.  TUTHILL, 
LOCKWOOD  HONORE, 
CHARLES  WALKER, 

Circuit   Court  Judges. 
KENESAW  M.   LANDIS. 
C.  C.  KOHLSAAT, 

U.  S.  District  Judges. 
Chicago,  December  18th,   1902. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  113 

Exposure  of  Corruption. 

The  bench  and  bar  of  Cook  county  were  for  thirty  years 
an  open  page  before  Colonel  Healy.  His  acquaintances  in- 
cUided  every  legal  practitioner  of  note  in  Illinois,  and 
among  the  rank  and  file  of  the  bar  in  Chicago  were  in- 
cluded among  his  friends  such  leaders  as  Melville  W. 
Fuller,  afterward  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court ;  Leonard  Swett,  Emory  Storrs,  John  Lyle 
King,  Robert  Hervey,  John  N.  Jewett,  Julius  S.  Grinnell, 
Joel  M.  Longenecker,  George  C.  Ingham,  Judge  Joseph  E. 
Gary,  Judge  Murry  F.  Tuley,  Judge  Frank  Scales,  Judge 
Richard  Prendergast,  Judge  George  Sugg,  Judge  Kettelle, 
Judge  David  Davis,  Judge  Blodgett  of  the  United  States 
Court,  Judge  R.  S.  Williamson,  Mason  B.  Loomis,  Judge 
Kirk  Hawes,  Judge  Sidney  Smith. 

When  the  exposure  of  corruption  by  the  Citizens'  Asso- 
ciation of  Chicago  led  to  the  conviction  of  John  A.  Linn, 
clerk  of  the  Superior  and  Circuit  Courts,  Colonel  Healy  was 
supposed  by  the  public  to  have  instigated  the  investigation. 
It  was  credited  to  him  by  the  public  press  and  even  by 
members  of  the  Citizens'  Association.  This  placed  Colonel 
Healy  in  a  peculiar  and  trying  position,  and  the  facts  re- 
quired explanation. 

Colonel  Healy  first  obtained  knowledge  of  the  stulBng 
of  payrolls  from  subordinates  in  his  office.  The  facts  were 
becoming  the  subject  of  gossip  among  the  clerks.  The  pay- 
rolls, however,  were  not  in  his  possession,  but  were  kept 
by  Mr.  Linn  or  his  confidential  aids.  Afterward  when  the 
payrolls  were  shown  to  him  Colonel  Healy  was  able  to 
point  out  the  names  of  a  number  of  persons  who  were  not 
employed  by  the  county,  but  on  whose  account  salaries 
were  being  fictitiously  drawn.     He   discussed   the   subject 


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with  his  attorney,  Colonel  Francis  A.  Riddle,  but  they  had 
not  decided  on  the  proper  line  of  action  to  pursue  when 
Colonel  Riddle  gave  an  inkling  of  the  matter  to  the  Citi- 
zens' Association.  On  this  point  the  following  letter  is 
plain: 


CITIZENS'  ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO. 


Established  1874. 

Room  33  Merchants'  Building, 

92  La  Salle  Street. 

Officers 


Willord  C.  Fhui-tleff.  President. 
Robert  S.  Hotz,  Vice-President. 


.  Black,  Treasurer. 
M.  Singleton,  Secretary. 


Executive  Committee 


F.  W.  Burlingham, 

B.  A.  Eckhart, 
Geo.  R.  .Tenkins, 

C.  S.  Pellet, 
.T.  Stern, 


Geo.  E.  Cole, 
.M.  E.  Greenebanm, 
Wm.  Kent, 
E.  E.  Prussing, 
E.  C.  Wentwortb, 


fos.  Donnevsbevgpv, 
R.  S.  Hotz, 
John  McLaren, 
W.  C.  Slun-tleff, 
I.    Laurence  Langhli 


Telephone  Main  2306. 
Colonel  James  J.   Healy, 

511    Boyce    Buildins 


Chicago,  May  20th,  1910. 


My  Dear  Sir: — Regarding  the  misapprehension  which  you 
mentioned  today  as  existing  in  certain  quarters,  as  to  your  part 
in  connection  with  the  investigation  of  the  county  fee  offices 
made  by  the  Citizens'  Association  in  1906,  I  would  say  that  the 
irregularities  in  the  office  of  John  A.  Linn,  former  Clerk  of 
the     Superior    Court,    were    not    called    to    the    attention    of    the 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  115 

Citizens'  Association  by  you,  but  by  the  late  Colonel  Francis 
A.  Riddle.  Colonel  Riddle  stated  to  me  at  that  time  that  you 
had  informed  him,  as  your  attorney,  of  your  belief  that  the 
county  had  been  defrauded  by  Linn  and  that  certain  names 
placed  upon  the  payroll  by  Linn  were  fictitious.  This  informa- 
tion was  the  starting  point  of  our  investigation,  which  proved 
the  truth  of  the  statements  made  by  you  to  Colonel  Riddle,  who 
told  us  that  he  brought  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Association,  because  he  felt  that  the  matters  involved  were 
of  such  importance  as  to  call  for  stern  action  on  behalf  of  the 
public. 

You  had  no  connection  whatever  with  the  investigation  of 
John  A.  Cooke's  management  of  the  Circuit  Court  Clerk's  office. 
Our  investigation  of  that  office  was  undertaken  solely  on  our 
own  initiative  and  the  facts  brought  to  light  were  discovered  only 
by  an  exhaustive  study  of  the  payrolls  of  Cooke's  office.  This 
study,  which  extended  over  several  weeks,  was  made  in  the  office 
of  the  County  Comptroller,  of  which  James  Monaghan  was  then, 
as  now,  the  head.  The  Citizens'  Association  had  no  tip  or  in- 
formation from  any  source  regarding  irregularities  in  Cooke's 
office  prior  to  beginning  its  investigation  of  that  office.  The 
Cooke  investigation  was  not  undertaken  until  after  the  Linn  case 
had  been  perfected. 

In  closing  I  wish  to  repeat  a  statement  which  I  made  in  a 
previous  letter  to  you,  viz:  that  in  connection  with  the  thorough 
investigation  made  by  me  of  the  management  of  the  Superior 
Court  Clerk's  office  during  the  time  that  you  were  its  Chief 
Clerk,  nothing  to  your  discredit  as  an  official  or  man  ever  came 
to  my  knowledge.       Sincerely,  your  friend.    S.    M.    SINGLETON 

Appended   to   the   foregoing  was   the   following: 

"We   concur  in   the    expression   herein   contained,   and   if,   out 
of    it    all,    should    come    an    adequate    civil    service    law,    Colonel 
Healy  will  have  rendered  valuable  service  to  the  community. 
George  E.  Cole 
S.  M.  Singleton 

Frederick  Greeley  J.   P.   GARNER, 

Chas.   D.   Richards  Cook  Co.  Commissioner  and 

G    F.  Steele  Sec.   Citizens'  Investigation  Com. 


116  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

May  29th,   1906. 
Col.   James  J.    Healy, 

National    Surety    Co.,    Chicago. 

Dear  Colonel: — With  reference  to  your  connection  with  the 
investigation  of  the  Fee  Offices  in  1906,  the  matter  was  called  to 
my  attention  by  Colonel  Francis  A.  Riddle,  subsequently  or 
prior  to  my  interview  with  you  as  a  representative  of  The  Daily 
News.  The  facts  as  stated  by  you  at  that  time  coincided  with  the 
statement  given  to  me  by  Col.  Riddle  for  you  had  only  cor- 
roborated the  information  already  in  my  possession,  which  was 
given  to  me  by  Colonel  Riddle  at  his  home,  1441  Jackson  boulevard. 

I  was  directed  by  the  managing  editor  of  the  Chicago  Daily 
News  to  call  on  Colonel  Riddle  the  latter  part  of  December,  1905, 
You  were  not  in  the  city  at  that  time,  having  gone  South,  des- 
tination Cuba.  You  had  no  mention  to  make  concerning  any 
other  office  in  Cook  county  or  the  State.  I  am  only  too  pleased  to 
state  the  facts. 

JOS.  DILLABAUGH. 

Following  in  due  course  was  the  following  letter  from 
G.  F.  Steele,  one  of  the  afore-mentioned  committee : 

Port    Edwards,    Wis.,    Feb.    28,    1907. 
Col.  James  J.  Healy, 

Rookery  Bldg., 

Chicago,  111. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Healy: — I  have  your  valued  favor  of  the  19th 
inst.  on  my  return  from  a  rather  prolonged  absence  from  home, 
and  enclose  herewith  identical  letter  to  that  signed  by  my  fellow 
members  on  the  Committee,  together  with  Messrs.  Cole  and  Sin- 
gleton, and  I  want  to  say  in  passing  that  this  is  not  formal  con- 
ventionality either. 

I   have   been   greatly   impressed   as   I    came   to   know   more   of 
your  work  of  the   great  tact,   discretion   and  judgment  which   you 
have  displayed  in  handling  some  very  difficult  matters. 
With  best  regards,  I  am,  yours  sincerely, 

G.  F.  STEELE. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  117 

COLONEL  HEALY'S  OWN  STATEMENT. 

The  appended  article  appeared  in  the  Chicago  Daily 
News  February  7th,  1906.  It  was  an  authorized  interview 
with  Colonel  Healy  : 

"When  I  first  discovered  any  irregularity  it  was  the  latter 
part  of  1902,"  said  Mr.  Healy.  "My  attention  was  directed  to  it 
by  deputy  clerks  in  the  office  stating  that  they  had  copied  the 
pay  rolls  after  they  were  in  the  comptroller's  office  and  had 
been  sworn  to  and  deposited  with  the  county  comptroller.  They 
discovered  certain  names  on  the  pay  roll  of  men  they  knew  were 
not  working  in  the  office.  I  went  around  to  try  and  verify  it,  not 
having  anything  to  do  personally  with  the  pay  rolls  or  the  making 
up  of  them.  In  other  words,  I  never  saw  a  pay  roll  unless  it 
was  when  T  signed  it  for  my  salary,  in  the  comptroller's  office. 
I  hadn't  anything  to  do  with  it,  the  cashier  and  bookkeeper 
having  it   in   charge. 

"Shortly  afterward  I  had  a  talk  with  one  of  the  judges  of 
the  Superior  Court.  I  called  his  attention  to  the  discovery.  From 
then  on  I  commenced  to  be  rather  on  the  alert.  I  had  nothing 
then  except  suspicions;  nothing  to  warrant  any  publicity,  because 
everything  was  hearsay.  But  I  always  stated  that  if  they  would 
get  me  the  original  pay  roll  and  I  could  see  that  I  would  then 
tell  them  whether  there  were  any  'dummies'  on  it  or  not.  Of 
course  I  knew  who  were  working  in  the  office,  but  never  having 
seen  the  pay  rolls,  could  not  tell  whether  there  were  any  'dum- 
mies'  on  it  or  not. 

"So  when  I  did  happen  to  see  a  pay  roll  I  noticed  there  were 
several  names  on  it  of  men  who  were  not  working  in  the  office. 
Among  them  were  the  names  of  Ed.  Stone,  E.  T.  Martin,  J.  W. 
Green,  John  Jackson,  James  Crane,  S.  M.  Clark,  J.  J.  Carlson 
and  F.  G.  Edwards.  When  my  attention  was  called  to  those 
names  I  stated  that  I  never  knew  any  men  bearing  them  to  work 
in  the  office.  This  was  about  eight  months  before  I  left  the 
office  and  I  left  on  November  1  last.  At  that  time  I  had  a  talk 
with   a  judge  about   it. 

"I  had  talked  about  it  pretty  freely,  and  before  I  left  the 
office  Mr.  Vail  sent  for  me  and  told  me  he  wanted  to  see  me 
after   office    hours.      This   was   about    October   28.      He    said    that 


118  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

he  understood  J  had  made  some  remarks  about  his  administra- 
tion. I  went  into  his  private  office,  he  and  I  being  alone,  and 
I  told  him  yes  that  there  was  any  amount  of  crookedness  going 
on.  He  wanted  to  know  if  it  was  under  his  administration.  T 
told  him  yes.  He  wanted  to  know  why  I  hadn't  called  his  atten- 
tion to  it.  I  told  him  I  had  not  been  spoken  to  or  treated  as  a 
chief  deputy;  that  he  had  never  consulted  me  in  any  form  what- 
ever regarding  the  running  of  the  office,  that  I  had  never  received 
a  key  to  his  office  and  that  if  I  wanted  to  get  in  there  any  morn- 
ing I  had  to  wait  until  one  of  the  subordinates  would  open  the 
door  for  me.  Yet  I  was  filling  the  position  of  chief  deputy.  I 
told  him  furthermore  that  when  I  made  an  allegation  against 
him,   I   would  prove   it. 

"  'I  will  make  no  allegations,  Mr.  Vail,  but  what  I  can  prove, 
and  when  1  get  ready  to  make  them  against  you,  I  will  prove 
every  one  I  make.'  I  said  to  him. 

"He  swung  around  in  his  chair  and  looked  out  of  the  window 
and  said  he  thought  I  ought  to  tell  him.  But  I  said  no,  that  he 
was  running  the  office  and  that  if  there  was  any  irregularity  he 
ought  to  know  where  it  was.  Then  I  asked  him  if  there  was 
anything  further  that  he  wanted  and  he  said  there  was   not. 

"I  retired  from  his  private  office  and  reported  every  morning 
for  duty  after  that  until  November  1,  v/hen  I  came  in  and  turned 
over  to  him  the  key  to  my  desk  and  the  key  to  the  safe,  and  walked 
out  for  the  last  time. 

"I  informed  him  before  I  left  that  I  cared  nothing  about  the 
position,  but  that  my  long  and  honorable  service  in  the  Superior 
Court  entitled  me  to  courteous  treatment,  which  I  had  not  re- 
ceived since  his  inauguration.  He  stated  that  he  meant  nothing 
by  it.  I  told  him  that  the  discourteous  treatment  I  had  received 
at  his  hands  since  he  had  been  clerk  for  eleven  months  was  the 
common  talk  of  the  clerks  in  the  office.  I  pointed  out  that  if  I 
merely  wanted  to  get  some  stationery  I  had  to  go  to  subor- 
dinates, because  I  never  was  allowed  to  possess  a  key  to  the 
stationery  closet  or  a  key  to  the  cage  where  the  filing  clerk,  Mr. 
Henderson,  was  located.  I  recalled  the  fact  that  I  had  never  been 
consulted  by  him  on  any  matter  whatever  pertaining  to  the  office 
unless  it  was  some  question  that  came  up  so  knotty  that  no  other 
person  there  c;.nld  furnish  an  answer.     I  had  even  called  a  certain 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  11$) 

judge's  attention  to  the  discourteous  treatment  wliich  I  had 
received  at  the  hands  of  Mr.  Vail  since  he  came  into  the  office. 
and  this  judge  had  called  Mr.  Vail's  attention  to  it. 

"I  took  care  to  state  specifically  to  Mr.  Vail  at  tliat  time 
that  a  petition  for  my  retention,  which  had  been  presented  to 
liim  by  Judge  Gary,  the  oldest  man  on  the  bench,  and  by  Judge 
Kavanaugh,  then  chief  justice  of  the  court,  had  not  been  circu- 
lated at  my  suggestion.  Mr.  Vail  had  stated  to  those  judges 
that  he  thought  I  did  not  care  to  rertiain  in  office.  That  was  his 
reply    to   their   petition. 

"I  was  at  my  brother's  house  one  night  when  a  phone  mes- 
sage came  from  Mr.  Joyce  of  the  National  Surety  Company,  who 
ivas  on  his  way  from  New  York  here,  asking  me  if  I  would  go 
ivith  the  National  Surety  Company.  I  told  him  that  I  would  noi 
until  after  January   1,  because  I  was  going  south. 

"I  met  my  friend.  Col.  Francis  A.  Riddle,  and  we  got  to 
talking  about  reform  and  about  Governor  Deneen  discovering 
the  amount  of  money  that  the  state  treasurers  and  state  auditors 
had  gotten  away  with,  over  $300,000,  I  believe,  and  I  said  to  Col. 
Riddle: 

'If   they    mean    business,    there    is    lots    of   it    in    this    county 
building.' 

"And  I  gave  Colonel  Riddle  some  pointers  and  he  presented 
the  whole  matter  to  Secretary  Singleton  of  the  Citizens'  Associa- 
tion. Then  I  went  south  to  New  Orleans  and  Memphis  and  I  was 
going  to  Cuba,  but  they  had  not  raised  the  quarantine  from  Cuba 
coming  back,  so  I  did  not  stay  away  as  long  as  I  intended  to. 
When  I  got  back  here  I  found  Mr.  Singleton  had  been  to  the 
county  comptroller's  office  and  had  procured  a  lot  of  evidence, 
the  'dummy'  pay  rolls,  etc.,  as  I  understood  from  Mr.  McCarty 
and   Mr.   Monaghan  of  the  comptroller's  office. 

"When  I  went  before  the  grand  jury  I  simply  stated  what 
I  knew.  The  questions  they  put  to  me  were  in  regard  to  the 
identification  of  certain  papers.  I  stated  to  the  grand  jury  that 
so  far  as  the  outward  office  was  concerned,  it  was  all  right,  and 
that  the  system  was  all  right  and  thorough.  I  told  them  thai 
every  night  I  used  to  check  up  with  the  filing  clerk,  who  takes  in 
all  the  money,  the  daily  receipts,  and  that  we  struck  a  balance, 
and  then  that  envelop  would  go  inside  to  the  cashier,  who  would 
check  it  up,  and   if  there  was  any   deficiency  the  filing   clerk   had 


120  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

to  make  it  good  the  next  morning,  and  that  if  there  was  any 
plundering  or  robbing  it  was  done  in  the  inner  office  and  not  the 
outer  office.  Of  course,  what  they  did  in  there  I  could  not  see.  I 
had   nothing  to   do  with  it. 

"Here,  for  illustration,  I  have  before  me  a  sheet  showing 
the  receipts  for  August  5,  1905,  as  follows: 

For  filing  suits  $170 

(\ppearances    57 

Miscellaneous    3 

Naturalizations 1 

Total    $231 

"The  currency  on  that  date  footed  up  $232.  It  came  $1  over 
in  checking  up  the  currency  in  the  drawer.  That  money  was  put 
in  an  envelop  with  the  blotter  and  turned  over  to  Mr.  Chaiser  in 
the  inner  office.  He  checked  it  up,  and  if  there  was  any  shortage, 
the  filing  clerk  had  to  make  it  good  the  next  morning.  It  was 
the  cashier's  duty  to  transcribe  that  on  the  daily  ledger — that  is, 
on  the  ledger  where  all  the  accounts  were  kept.  If  he  failed  to 
transcribe  it  correctly  and  there  was  any  looting  it  was  done  in 
the  inner  office  and  no  person  would  have  knowledge  of  it  but 
himself  and  the   clerk  of  the  court. 

"These  blotters  were  always  supposed  to  be  kept  intact  for 
reference  in  case  an  attorney  came  up  and  stated  that  he  had  filed 
an  appearance  on  such  and  such  a  date  and  had  got  the  wrong 
number.  We  would  always  keep  the  blotters  to  refer  to  and 
straighten  out  mistakes  and,  if  the  blotters  were  destroyed,  it 
must  have  been  after  this  matter  had  received  publicity. 

"I  declare  positively  that  it  never  was  the  custom  to  destroy 
the  daily  blotters  and  that  they  were  always  kept  for  reference 
and  if  they  were  destroyed  by  Mr.  Chaiser  or  Mr.  Vail  it  was  done 
for  reasons  best  known  to  themselves;  that  these  blottters  should 
be  there  always,  so  that  the  chief  clerk  could  refer  to  them  in 
order  to  answer  inquiries   intelligently. 

"As  a  man  who  has  had  a  great  many  years'  experience  in 
the  offices  of  the  civil  courts,  I  would  say  that  the  system  em- 
ployed is  good  if  you  have  reliable  help.  All  moneys  are  paid 
in  at  the  filing  clerk's  window  and  checked  up  every  night  and 
turned  over  to  the  cashier,  who  checks  it  up.  As  I  have  already 
said,   if  there   is   any   shortage   the   filing  clerk   has   to   make   thai 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  121 

shortage  good  each  morning.     It  is  not  the  system  that  is  at  fault. 

"It  is  after  the  money  gets  into  the  hands  of  the  bookkeeper 
and  the  cashier,  or  into  the  inner  office,  that  the  trouble  comes. 
There  is  where  the  leakage  occurred,  because  there  were  dishon- 
est men  handling  it.  We  will  say  the  statement  checks  up  every 
day  here  in  the  outer  office  straight.  If  I  give  you  the  money 
at  night  and  you  count  it  and  you  find  it  all  right,  but  you  get 
away  with  it  afterward,  you  and  the  clerks  in  the  inner  office, 
the  system  is  not  to  blame  for  that.  Armour  &  Co.,  Swift, 
Marshall  Field  or  anybody  else  could  use  that  system  right  along, 
because  they  would  have  honest  men  to  run  it.  The  system  is 
good. 

"Before  the  grand  jury  the  question  was  asked  me  in  regard 
to  the  blotter,  if  it  would  not  be  better  to  transcribe  the  record 
of  the  daily  receipts  upon  the  ledger  instead  of  the  blotter.  I 
answered  that  it  made  no  difference  whether  the  day's  receipts 
were  transcribed  on  a  ledger  or  a  blotter,  because,  when  Mr.  Linn 
left  the  office,  both  the  ledger  and  the  blotters  disappeared.  So 
it  doesn't  make  any  difference  whether  the  record  was  kept  on 
the  ledger  or  the  blotters.  I  will  bank  on  the  system  if  you  will 
give  me  honest  men  to  handle  it,  and  if  you  haven't  got  honest 
men  you  can  have  systems  galore  and  they  will  still  loot  you. 

"Now,  Mr.  Vail  intimated,  if  his  statements  be  true  as  pub- 
lished in  the  newspapers,  that  he  and  I  did  not  agree;  that  I 
would  not  carry  out  his  instructions.  You  can  say  for  me  that 
he  never  gave  me  an  order,  never  spoke  to  me  about  anything 
that  he  wanted.  He  always  conferred  with  the  subordinates  and 
never  came  to  me  with  any  instructions  and  never  conferred  with 
me  about  the  running  of  the  office  except  on  one  occasion,  and 
that  is  when  we  were  moving  from  the  old  building.  He  called 
me  in  with  Mr.  French  and  Mr.  Breidt  for  suggestions  to  express 
our  views  and  that  was  the  only  time  that  he  ever  advised  with 
me.  And  even  then  he  carried  out  his  own  plan  and  as  a  result  he 
got  the  files  all  mixed  up  in  the  Monadnock  building. 

"When  I  came  back  from  Denver,  where  I  had  been  attend- 
ing the  Grand  Army  encampment,  I  said  to  Mr.  Vail:  'Is  there 
anything  that  you  will  assign  me  to  do?'  He  replied:  'I  will 
get  around  to  that.'  I  never  could  get  any  instructions  from  him, 
and  it  is  laughable  when  he  makes  the  statement  that  he  and 
I    disagreed.      We   never   had   an   opportunity   to   disagree,   for   the 


122  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HBALY. 

reason  that  he  never  consulted  me,  and  it  is  pretty  hard  to  dis- 
agree with  a  man  when  he  never  consults  with  you  or  speaks  to 
you.  ' 

CLERKS  OF  THE  SUPERIOR  COURT. 

Capt.  John  J.  Healy  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Cook  County  on  the  Republican  Ticket  in  Novem- 
ber, 1875.  First  clerk  under  salary,  $3,000  per  annum, 
fixed  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  Re-elected 
November,  1879,  continuing  in  office  until  1884.  M.  Lester 
Cofifeen  was  his  chief  deputy  for  nine  years  in  the  Superior 
Court.  Record  excellent ;  office  run  on  business  principles. 
Healy  was  then  elected  clerk  of  the  Appellate  Court,  First 
District,  State  of  Illinois,  for  six  years. 

Capt.  Patrick  McGrath,  elected  Clerk  of  the  Superior 
Court,  Cook  County,  November,  1884.  Appointed  George 
P.  Gary  chief  deputy.  Record  good.  Re-elected  November, 
1888.  James  J.  Healy  appointed  Chief  Deputy.  Record 
Good.     Office  conducted  on  business  principles. 

Stephen  D.  Griffin  elected  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  Cook  County,  November,  1892.  First  Democratic  Ad- 
ministration in  the  history  of  the  Court.  Appointed 
Michael  J.  O'Donahue  Chief  Deputy.  Record  good.  Office 
run  on  business  principles. 

John  A.  Linn,  Republican,  elected  clerk  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Cook  County  November,  1896. 

James  J.  Healy  was  re-appointed  Chief  Deputy.  Record 
and  management  of  the  Clerk's  office  most  excellent.  Re- 
elected November,  1900,  office  force  demoralized ;  too  much 
politics;  competency  a  secondary  consideration  and  con- 
tinued under  the  incoming  administration  of  Charles  W. 
Vail,  1904,  until  the  investigation  of  the  office  by  the  Citi- 
zens' Association  December  20th,  1905. 

On  the  re-election  of  Capt.  Patrick  McGrath,  clerk  of 


BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY.  123 

the  Superior  Court  of  Cook  County,  111.,  he  appointed  James 
J.  Healy  Chief  Deputy  Clerk  December  1st,  1888,  who 
prepared  the  following  printed  rules  and  orders  for  the 
guidance  of  the  Deputy  Clerks  connected  with  the  Clerk's 
office.  These  rules  were  still  in  force  November  1st,  1905, 
viz. : 

RULES    GOVERNING    CLERICAL    WORK. 

December  1,  1888,  the  following  order  was  issued  out  of  the 
Clerk's  office  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Cook  County,  and  is  still  in 
force  and  must  be  observed  by  the  Deputy  Clerks  of  this  office: 

James  J.  Healy  has  been  appointed  Chief  Clerk. 

1.  The   office  hours   will   be   from   9  a.   m.   to   5   p.   m. 

2.  Deputy  Clerks  are  required  to  register  their  arrival  at 
the  office  each  morning  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose;  each 
Clerk  must  be  found  at  his  station  during  office  hours  ready 
to  attend  to  the  business  assigned  him.  A  reasonable  time  for 
lunch  is  allowed  not  to  exceed  one  hour.  If  absence  is  necessary 
during  office   hours,   it  can   be   arranged   through   the   Chief   Clerk. 

Court  Clerks  must  procure  all  necessary  stationery,  etc.,  for 
their  court  rooms  in  the  morning  prior  to  the  convening  and 
opening  of  court;   messengers  will   not  be   recognized. 

3.  All  fees  or  deposits  must  be  paid  in  the  General  Clerk's 
office,  and  all  papers,  upon  the  filing  of  which  fees  are  to  be 
paid,  must  be  filed  in  the  General  office,  and  all  orders  for 
copies  upon  which  fees  are  to  be  collected,  must  be  made  in,  or 
immediately  referred   to   the   General   Clerk's  office. 

4.  Court  Room  Clerks  will  please  transfer  all  minutes  from 
minute-book  to  the  docket  daily,  mark  on  wrappers  the  final 
disposition  of  all  cases  disposed  of,  and  on  the  absence  of  the 
Judge,   notify   the    Chief   Clerk   of  the   fact   and   report   for   duty. 

5.  Clerks  will  please  hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  per- 
form any  duty  necessarily  connected  with  the  business  of  the 
office,   and   will    receive    their   salaries    at    the   end    of   each    month. 

6.  Prompt  attention  and  courtesy  to  those  seeking  informa- 
tion   is    most    respectfully    requested. 

7.  Each  Clerk  is  required  to  remain  during  office  hours  at 
his  own  desk,  and  ready  to  attend  to  the  business  under  his 
charge    and    must    not    interfere    with    the    duties    of    other    Clerks 


124  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

unless  directed  by  the  Clerk  of  this  Court  or  his  Chief  Deputy. 
Visiting  with  brother  Clerks  during  office  hours  is  strictly  for- 
bidden. 

8.  Docketing  Clerks  are  required  to  have  suits  docketed 
prior  to  9:15  a.  m.  the  following  day  after  commencement,  and 
immediately   turn    over   the    same    to    the    Registering   Clerk. 

9.  The  Registering  Clerk  is  required  to  have  all  new  suits 
registered  by  10  a.  m.,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  File  Room 
or  Vault  Clerk. 

10.  In  order  to  prevent  loss  of  files,  the  File  Room  and 
Vault  Clerks  are  required  not  to  allow  any  one  to  have  access 
to  the  files,  but  at  the  request  of  parties  wishing  to  examine  them, 
the  Clerks  are  required  to  deliver  the  same,  and  under  no  cir- 
cumstances   allow   parties    to    help    themselves. 

11.  Should  any  notice  be  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
Clerk  of  this  Court  that  any  Deputy  Clerk  has  been  remiss  in 
extending  the  utmost  courtesy  to  attorneys  or  litigants,  or  in 
any  manner  shown  a  disinclination  to  give  all  needed  informa- 
tion to  parties  desiring  the  same,  a  prompt  resignation  will  be 
requested.      Smoking   during   office   hours   is    strictly   forbidden. 

12.  Any  violation  of  the  above  rules  will  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient cause   for   removal. 

13.  In  order  to  ascertain  the  status  of  each  case,  Law 
Minute  Clerks  are  requested,  when  preparing  their  Short  Cause 
Calendars  from  the  Short  Cause  Docket,  to  examine  the  Files, 
Registers  and  Law  Docket.  After  such  examination,  cases  not 
found  to  be  at  issue  should  not  be  placed  on  the  Short  Cause 
Calendars.  More  especially  Appeal  Cases,  if  the  appearance  of 
the  plaintiff  or  defendant  is  not  entered  when  the  appeal  has 
been  perfected  in  this  court  and  transcript  from  Justice  not 
filed   in   this   court. 

Such  causes  not  at  issue  will  be  so  noted  on  the  Short 
Cause  Docket  opposite  their  titles.  Any  files  or  part  of  files 
missing,  which  are  required  in  court,  on  -calling  the  Chief  Clerk's 
attention  to  the  fact  he  will  have  them  located,  if  possible,  and 
returned  to  their  proper  wrappers,  where  Minute  Clerks  can  get 
themi.  By    order    of 

PATRICK   McGRATH,   Clerk. 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.   HEALY.  125 

GENERAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

September  6,  1910. 
The  Editor  and  Manager  of  the  Chicago  Journal,  Chicago. 
Dear   Sir: — 

If  you  will  not  consider  it  presumptuous  on  my  part,  I  desire 
to  call  your  attention  to  two  articles  appearing  in  your  issue  of 
Aug.  27  and  Sept.  3,  1910— headlines,  Thirty  Healys  in  Public  Jobs. 
One,  ambitious,  Thomas  J.,  hopes  to  be  County  Treasurer.  (No 
doubt,  an  honorable  aspiration.) 

I  am  somewhat  surprised  at  these  false  statements.  "See,  hear 
and  speak  no  evil"  is  one  of  the  first  lessons  implanted  in  the  mind 
of  a  Japanese  child.  Why  not  extend  this  sentiment  to  all  people? 
In  the  year  1861,  at  the  time  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  on,  and  our 
martyred  President,  Abraham  Lincoln,  issued  a  call  for  volunteers 
to  fight  the  battles  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union,  four  broth- 
ers, uncles  of  the  present  candidate  for  County  Treasurer,  enlisted 
in  the  Union  Army.  At  the  close  of  the  war  they  were  mustered 
out  with  honorable  records,  viz.: 

William  Healy  enlisted  in  the  First  Minnesota  Mounted  Rang- 
ers. After  two  years'  honorable  service  he  was  mustered  out,  in 
1864.     (Now  deceased.) 

Capt.  John  J.  Healy,  Chicago,  enlisted  April  19,  1861,  Com- 
pany I,  23d  Illinois  Infantry  (Col.  Mulligan's  regiment),  was  pro- 
moted through  military  channels  to  the  rank  of  captain,  and  mus- 
tered out  March  16,  1865.     Died  May  8,  1910. 

Daniel  D.  Healy,  Chicago,  assistant  engineer  on  the  Missis- 
sippi Gunboat  Squadron  three  years;  honorably  discharged  in 
1864;  died  March  3.  1910. 

James  J.  Healy.  Chicago  (only  survivor),  enlisted  May  19,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  in  Company  G.  132d  Illinois  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. After  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  he  re-en- 
listed in  Company  C,  32d  United  States  Infantry,  and  on  the  con- 
solidation of  the  United  States  Army,  under  general  orders  No.  31, 
dated  Headquarters,  San  Francisco,  May  12,  1869,  he  was  mus- 
tered out  of  Company  C,  21st  United  States  Infantry,  Oct.  3,  1869, 
at  Camp  Verde,  Arizona  Territory,  with  the  rank  of  First  Ser- 
geant. Was  wounded  at  Grief  Hill  by  Apache  Indians,  having 
served  five  years  and  six  months  honorably.  Also  served  sixteen 
years  as  an  officer  in  the  Illinois  National  Guard,  retiring  voluntar- 
ily with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Second  Infantry,  I.  N.  G., 


12G  BIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

a  position  I  was  elected  to  by  the  line  officers,  and  re-elected  after 
five  years'  honorable  service  (I  wish  I  could  say  as  much  for 
knockers) — no   salary   but   patriotism. 

During  the  railroad  riots  of  1877,  commanded  Company  A, 
Chicago  Union  Veteran  Club. 

The  Healy  brothers  had  honorable  records,  both  in  an  out  of 
the  army,  while  serving  their  country  on  tented  fields  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  while  occupying  positions  of  public  trust  in  civil 
life. 

The  only  surviving  brother  of  this  family  is  James  J.  Healy, 
and  he  has  no  public  position.  The  other  three  brothers  having 
died  within  the  past  year,  the  only  relatives  who  now  hold  public 
offices  are  three  nephews — Thomas  J.  Healy,  drainage  trustee,  who 
was  elected  by  the  votes  of  the  people  of  Cook  County.  Another 
one,  William  J.  Healy,  was  also  elected  by  the  votes  of  the  people 
for   alderman   of   the   Eighteenth   Ward. 

The  combined  salaries  paid  the  Healy  family  would  not  pay 
the  salary  of  one  judge  of  the  Municipal  Court.  The  Healy  rec- 
ords are  good,  and  they  are  entitled  to  the  worthy  consideration 
of  a  grateful  people,  and  all  law-abiding  citizens. 

There  were  not  too  many  Healys,  independent  of  all  party  affil- 
iations, when  the  life  of  the  nation  was  in  jeopardy.  Four  uncles 
of  the  present  aspirant  for  County  Treasurer  went  to  the  front 
with  knapsacks  on  their  backs,  and  muskets  in  their  hands  to  pro- 
tect Old  Glory,  the  name  our  late  comrade.  General  vSherman,  gave 
to  the  flag,  which  represented  the  cause  that  every  soldier  for  the 
Union  died  for;  some  on  the  battlefield,  some  in  dreary  hospitals, 
some  in  the  rebel  prison  pens.  No  doubt  all  other  Healy  families, 
whose  names  appear  in  the  city  directory,  and  whom  you  have 
charged  up  to  our  family  as  office  holders,  come  of  good  stock  and 
are  law-abiding  citizens. 

In  conclusion  the  Journal  has  always  treated  our  family  fairly 
in  the  past,  and  I  sincerely  hope  it  will  continue  to  do  so  in  the 
future.  Very  respectfully,  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

P.  S. — The  enclosure  will  bespeak  my  record  for  the  past  fifty 
years.  You  have  a  broad  field  to  operate  in,  if  you  would  only  go 
after  the  grafters,  high  and  low,  in  public  office,  and  encourage 
honesty  in  public  affairs.  The  old  Healy  cry  again  presents  itself, 
without  cause  or  justice  to  public  interests  and  business.  Active 
critics,  as  a  rule,  are  lazy  builders. 


Addenda 


Mr.  C.  C.  Bowsfield,   Publisher. 
Dear  Sir: — 

Your  request  for  a  further  expression  from  me  covering  my  con 
nection  with  the  investigation  of  the  Cook  County  fee  offices,  made 
by  the  Citizens'  Association  in   1906,  duly  considered. 

In  reply  will  say  that  the  so-called  exposure  was  public  prop- 
erty more  than  a  year  prior  to  the  newspapers  giving  it  publicity, 
my  attention  having  been  called  to  "pay  roll  padding"  by  Deputy 
Clerks  in  the  office  who  had  procured  copies  of  the  pay  rolls  from 
the  County  Comptroller's  Office.  These  clerks  had  furnished 
copies  of  the  list  of  dummies  on  the  monthly  pay  roll  to  other 
clerks  connected  with  the  office  later  on,  who  called  my  attention 
to  it. 

I,  in  return,  immediately  notified  the  bookkeeper  and  cashier, 
including  the  clerk  of  the  court,  of  my  discovery.  My  part  in  the 
investigation  was  mandatory,  not  voluntary.  I  have  no  apologies 
to  offer  so  far  as  I  am  individually  concerned.  I  simply  performed 
my  duty  in  the  premises,  regardless  of  political  factions. 

I  was  very  much  surprised  to  learn  that  favoritism  existed  to  an 
alarming  extent  among  the  officials  at  the  time  of  the  prosecution. 
I  was  in  hopes  that  equity  and  justice  might  prevail,  in  the  presen- 
tation of  the   case  to  the   Grand  Jury,   but   this  was   not   done.     It 


128  BIOGRAPHY  OP  JAMES  J.  HEALY. 

savored  more  of  factional  punishment,  which  in  my  judgment  was 
not  equitable  nor  creditable. 

The  following  piece  of  poetry  entitled  "Success"  covers  my  case 
fully  in  connection   with   this  matter,  namely: 

SUCCESS. 

I'd  rather  fall  than  have  it  said 

I  zvon  by  lying  or  deceit; 
I  want  no  laurel  round  my  head 

If  zvinning  it  I  have  to  cheat. 

I'd  rather  have  the  public  jeer 

And  call  me  quitter,  cozvard — yes, 

I'd  rather  stand  to  see  them  sneer 
Than  fraudulently  gain  success. 

For  zvinning  isn't  all  of  life. 
Success  is  stamped  upon  the  soul, 

I'd  rather  falter  in  the  strife 
Than  cunningly  attain  my  goal. 

Sincerely  yours, 

JAMES  J.  HEALY. 


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